Published on: August 27, 2011 at 3:25 PM

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The eye of Hurricane Irene is located between Elizabeth City and Kill Devil Hills in eastern North Carolina.

It is moving NNE at 13 mph. Top winds are still 85 mph.

Water levels have been rising rapidly in the southern Chesapeake, especially in the Hampton Roads area. The NWS Wakefield warns that the storm will be as bad as Isabel or Ernesto, or the 2009 nor’easter in that area.

New advisory at 4.