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Hurricane Irene Projected Path

Irene Path: Powerful Storm Aiming at New York, Boston, Philadelphia

Hurricane Irene threatens to batter the U.S. East Coast, perhaps making a direct strike on New York City, as sharpened forecast models show the storm has the makings of the hurricane of a lifetime for Mid-Atlantic and Northeast areas. A major Category 3 storm that could strengthen before making landfall this weekend, one weather source called Hurricane Irene a serious, significant event. The storm holds the potential, forecasters say, to wreak havoc along the East Coast, with torrential ...
Hurricane Irene Projected Path

Hurricane Irene 2011: Mighty Storm Path Takes Aim at New York, Northeast Corridor

Unusually large and powerful, Hurricane Irene is moving slow but plodding on a path pushing the massive storm toward possible landfall on the North Carolina coast Saturday before assaulting the Northeast's I-95 corridor late Sunday. With hurricane force winds of at least 74 miles per hour currently extending 70 miles from its center, and tropical-storm force winds extending another 255 miles in all directions, the Category 3 storm is packing winds of 115 miles per hour and forecasters say the...
Gold bar

Gold Extends Price Decline on Margin Hike

The price of gold extended losses Thursday after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest derivatives market, raised margin requirements on gold futures for the second time in a month.
El Niño

Climate-Conflict Link May Help Avert Crisis: Study

A new study has revealed a stronger evidence for the climate-conflict link, with data showing that tropical countries affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are twice as likely to suffer internal unrest compared to the phenomenon's cooler, wetter counterpart, La Niña.
Hurricane Irene Projected Path

Hurricane Irene Path: Storm Posing 'Extreme' Threat to New York, Northeast U.S.

Hurricane Irene is threatening to become one most impacting storms to ever strike the Northeast U.S., possibly striking major cities including Philadelphia, New York and Boston at hurricane strength late into the weekend. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, Irene is moving up the U.S. East Coast as a major Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of 115 miles per hour. Irene is centered about 65 miles east-northeast of Nassau, Bahamas and moving northwest at 13 miles per hour.
New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones

Hurricane Irene: Storm Strengthening, Targeting U.S. East Coast

Hurricane Irene is cutting its way toward a direct hit on the U.S. East Coast, threatening to wreak havoc in major cities along the highly-populated I-95 corridor late this weekend, including Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, and Boston. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, pummeling small outlying Caribbean islands, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season is posing an extreme threat to the U.S. East Coast -- with potential to become historic before it sweeps away from...

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