Rodanthe, Ramadan 6, 1435, Jul 3, 2014, SPA -- A hurricane off the U.S. East Coast threatened to upend Americans' plans for Friday's Independence Day holiday. The southern state of North Carolina braced itself for a glancing blow from Hurricane Arthur ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, prompting the governor to warn vacationers along the coast to not to put holiday celebrations ahead of their safety, AP reported. The National Hurricane Center predicted Arthur would swipe the coast early Friday with winds of up to 85 mph (136 kph). The storm would be off the coast of New England later Friday and eventually make landfall in Canada's maritime provinces as a tropical storm, the Hurricane Center predicted. --SPA 22:28 LOCAL TIME 19:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w