Hurricane Irene continued a path Friday toward creating havoc in the upper U.S. East Coast, striking or heavily impacting cities including Boston, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. The storm poses an extraordinary threat and will begin impacting North Carolina coastal areas late Friday before ravaging the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and New England regions, likely assaulting major metropolitan areas including New York, Hartford, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia.
Here are the top 10 precautions that you need to keep in mind or have a list of while you prepare for the forthcoming climatic catastrophe.
Hurricane Irene 2011 continues a path Friday toward wreaking havoc in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and New England regions, likely assaulting major metropolitan areas.
Hurricane Irene, the first tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Hurricane Season 2011, is predicted to reach Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 131-155 miles per hour as it strikes eastern North Carolina on Saturday, while a Category 1 storm with a wind speed of 90 miles per hour is expected to hit New York on Sunday.
Hurricane Irene remained on a path Friday morning to make extraordinary impact in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States, weather forecasters warned.
The Category 1 storm with a wind speed of 90 mph coupled with heavy downpour is predicted to hit New York sometime Sunday. New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said on Thursday that it was very conceivable that he will order a mandatory evacuation of all low-lying areas of the city by Saturday, reported the New York Daily News.
Ministers should now tax unhealthy food as obesity is the most widespread in the U.S. and Britain among the world’s leading economies, experts urged on Friday.
Libyan rebels said Friday morning they were sending in special forces to hunt for Moammar Gadhafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance inTripoli.
Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are enjoying a romantic honeymoon on the island of Capri, E! Italy reported on E! Online. The couple will be back in the U.S. by the weekend, as Kim is presenting at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday.
The New York Yankees hit a Major League record three grand slam home runs in one game to overcome a six-run deficit and rout the Oakland Athletics 22-9 at Yankee Stadium Thursday.
Adrian Gonzalez hit two home runs to launch the Boston Red Sox to a 6-0 win over the Texas Rangers at Rangers Park on Thursday.
New York City residents who live in low-lying areas should voluntarily start moving out on Friday, before Hurricane Irene is expected to hit, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday.
North Carolina braced on Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the east coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm.
A state of emergency has been declared in six states toward the U.S. East Coast after Hurricane Irene caused havoc in the Bahamas.
U.S. Atlantic coastal residents from the barrier islands of North Carolina to the capital in Washington and the financial center of New York rushed to prepare on Thursday for an assault by powerful Hurricane Irene.
Hurricane Irene has left the Bahamas and is now churning toward the East Coast of the United States.
Libya's rebel council announced Friday morning it has moved from Benghazi to Tripoli even as the hunt for Moammar Gadhafi continues and his loyalists fight on in the capital and elsewhere.
As Hurricane Irene headed for the U.S. East Coast Thursday night, authorities prepared for the worst and scientists said tides and ocean temperatures were increasing its destructive power.
From the poster, you might think Our Idiot Brother has all the elements for a great comedy -- Paul Rudd starring as a sweet, stoned doofus, opposite a cast of hilarious heavyweights like Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones and Adam Scott.
New York City is prepared to shut down its entire mass transit system if necessary Saturday as it braces for Hurricane Irene, officials said Thursday.
The monster at this weekend's box office has nothing to do with the movies.
