Gabrielle aims at North Carolina coast (AP)

A member of the Nags Head Ocean Rescue patrols the beach in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Gabrielle became a tropical storm Saturday as it swirled toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, where residents and beach vacationers prepared for rain and the possibility of minor flooding. The National Hurricane Center forecast called for Gabrielle to brush the Outer Banks on Sunday afternoon before curving back out into the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Tropical Storm Gabrielle began to shower North Carolina's Outer Banks with rain and batter them with high winds Sunday as the storm slogged slowly toward the coast.