Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas. South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported Kim Jong Un had two North Korean officials executed with an anti-aircraft gun in early August. With the storm centered about 70 miles south of Cape Hatteras, a tropical storm warning was in effect for much of the Outer Banks. Early Tuesday, forecasters said the storm was a powerful Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Madeline was centered about 445 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, and moving west at 10 mph.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 30, 2016 17:10 UTC