A dispatcher then started the state's warning system, using the hot line to call 24 coastal counties.

Alabama's two coastal counties were declared federal disaster areas on September 7.

Across the remainder of the state, especially along coastal counties, most schools and government buildings were closed.

Within a few years, some demographers predict, most Americans will live in coastal counties.

There are sites in six of the seven coastal counties of Oregon.

Was the only reason he'd been able to succeed as a sheriff because there really wasn't anything challenging to do in this small coastal county?

Several roads in coastal counties were closed after being covered by high water.

Civil defense organizations in coastal counties went on alert.

All three coastal counties of the state were severely affected by the storm.

It would also allow wagering on dog racing in three coastal counties.