Photos: Tracking Hurricane Irene to the East Coast, Landfall in the Carolinas at 8 a.m. [LATEST MAPS &PHOTOS]
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | Aug 27, 2011 04:33 AM EDT
Hurricane Irene slightly lost some of its power on Saturday, but the destructive storm continues to move toward North Carolina's coast reportedly knocking out power and threatening to batter much of the East Coast.
As of 3 a.m. Saturday, Irene was located 60 miles south of Lookout, North Carolina with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. The destructive storm is currently moving north-northeast at 14 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Irene, which has downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall at 8 a.m., but the Carolinas are already experiencing rain and winds of at least 50 mph, which has snapped power lines and flooded streets.
The storm could also hit New York hard and Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared the city's first ever mass mandatory evacuation on some areas.
Bloomberg said residents in Zone A need to be out by Saturday at 5 p.m.
But Zone A residents may need to get moving by Saturday morning because the coming winds may make traveling difficult by the afternoon and New York's entire mass transit system will shut down by noon.
Hurricane Irene is expected to impact New York on Saturday, with "the worst conditions...likely late Saturday night into Sunday afternoon," according to the National Hurricane Center.
- You can find New York's official hurricane guide with resources and tips here.
- The evacuation zone finder, which tells residents by address whether or not they need to evacuate, is here (however, this Web page is often slow or down due to high traffic).
- For general info on Hurricane Irene's impact on New York, visit here or call 311.
- The map for evacuation zones and a list of public shelters is here.
- Zone A is colored orange. Zone B and Zone C, the two next most dangerous zones, are colored yellow and green, respectively.
Take a look at the National Weather Service's latest track of Hurricane Irene and evacuation zones for New York below.
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene Map
Source: National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
Hurricane Irene New York Evacuation Zones
Source: www.nyc.gov
This visible image of Hurricane Irene was taken from the GOES-13 satellite on August 26, 2011 at 1:40 p.m. EDT. The extent of Irene's 600 mile wide cloud cover can be seen covering a third of the U.S. east coast.
Source: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
This visible image of Hurricane Irene from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite was taken at August 26 at 12:30 p.m. EDT, when Hurricane Irene was off the Carolinas.
Source: NASA
This visible image was taken from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Aug. 21, 2011 at 17:45 UTC (1:45 p.m. EDT) when Irene was still a tropical storm approaching Puerto Rico (left).
Source: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Respo
Hurricane Irene's eye as seen by infrared instruments onboard the GOES-East satellite.
Source: NOAA
Astronaut Ron Garan continues to send pictures of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station: "The view #FromSpace of #Hurricane #Irene as it passed north of Cuba @ 7:50pm GMT yesterday 8/25/11."
Source: NASA via Ron Garan/@Astro_Ron
Astronaut Ron Garan tweeted this picture of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station on August 24, 2011: "Ominous view #FromSpace of Hurricane #Irene east of the Bahamas @ 3:14pm EST today. East FL coast is calm b4 storm."
Source: NAsA
