New York may have dodged a big bullet as Hurricane Irene weakened early Sunday but America's largest city isn't dodging major impact from the storm's path and might. Irene weakened to barely hurricane as it approached New York early Sunday morning and hurricane force winds were expected to spare the city, but the storm has rattled windows and been driving heavy rain since the early morning hours.
Hurricane Irene roared into New York City shortly after dawn Sunday with winds gusting to 70 mph and a storm surge threatening the boardwalk of Rockawy Beach and other low-lying areas of Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan's financial district.
Hurricane Irene could end up shutting down New York City for days. The city's subway and mass transit system closed at noon on Saturday, and ahead of Irene's arrival Mayor Michael Bloomberg said subways weren't likely to be reopened on Monday. Without a functioning subway system, New York would remain at a virtually standstill.
Hurricane Irene began to pummel Virginia on Saturday night -- killing three and leaving millions without power -- yet Virginia's governor warned the worst is still to come.
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Hurricane Irene began her attack on the East Coast on Saturday -- killing at least 8 and leaving more than a million people without power.
Hurricane Irene's path has left damages behind it and spurred emergency preparations ahead of it.
The city that never sleeps started shutting down at midday on Saturday, with nearly all businesses except a smattering of food and liquor stores closing and public transportation coming to a halt ahead of Hurricane Irene.
Hurricane Irene has shut New York City down. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says subway lines may not reopen Monday.
Hurricane Irene is expected to to make uninvited ports-of-call to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York this weekend. President Barack Obama is leading the federal response effort and says the U.S. Government is prepared to meet the enormous human, resource, and infrastructure needs that the storm is likely to trigger.
Showers could start arriving Saturday afternoon. Tropical storm conditions -- with hurricane conditions possible -- for Saturday night.”
The Hurricane Irene update Saturday is not a good one for residents living along the upper U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Irene 2011 is on a path to become possibly the most destructive and disruptive storm most have seen in a lifetime lifetime, claiming lives, pouring destruction, and shutting down New York, America's largest city, before the storm even arrives.
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Hurricane Irene charged up the U.S. eastern seaboard on Saturday as a weakening but dangerous storm that shut down New York City and threatened to inflict massive blackouts and flooding.
President Obama issued a state of emergency for Maryland on Saturday as the state's coast began to experience the first of Hurricane Irene's rain bands and deadly winds.
The death toll for Hurricane Irene has risen to five with a child in Virginia who was struck by a falling tree. The other four deaths were in North Carolina.
Hurricane Irene 2011 is on a path to become the East Coast storm of a lifetime, claiming lives, pouring destruction, and shutting down New York, America's largest city, move before the storm even arrives. Irene has already claimed three lives in North Carolina and winds of 90 miles per hour and torrential rainfall is inflicting heavy damage.
Roger Pielke, a University of Colorado professor and fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, warned that Irene is “probably going to be very damaging.”
At least three people have been killed in North Carolina by Category-1 hurricane Irene, which has also knocked out power to more than 227,000 homes and businesses, suffering from 85 mph winds.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced one million people have been evacuated ahead of Hurricane Irene, but still worried about residents staying behind -- specifically in Atlantic City.
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The high cost of a hurricane: as Hurricane Irene whirls northward, bringing a wave of evacuations and prompting frantic runs on grocery stores, insurance companies and business owners are bracing for the costs that could number in the billions of dollars.