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People shop for supplies to weather approaching Hurricane Irene at a Home Depot store in Freeport on Long Island

Home Depot, Walmart, Grocers Get Boost from Irene

Hurricane Irene sent East Coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as children get ready to go back to school.

Irene Losses Already Up to $1.1 Bln, More to Come

Tourists, Surfers, Beachgoers Enjoy their Last Bit on U.S. East Coast Ahead of Irene
Hurricane Irene caused as much as $1.1 billion in insured losses in the Caribbean, catastrophe modeling company AIR Worldwide said on Friday, with more expected to come as the storm heads for the U.S. Northeast.
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Hurricane Irene Path Update: Storms Weakens to Category 1; Nearing Landfall in N.C.; Still Aiming at New York

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Saturday but updated forecasts still show Irene is a powerful threat. The hurricane is nearing landfall in North Carolina, and models still show it should hit New York within 24 hours at hurricane strength. New York remains directly in the path of Irene on Saturday, and the storm is forecast to strike late Saturday and early Sunday at hurricane strength. But first, the Category 1 storm is within hours of making landfall in eastern North ...
An arrivals board for American Airlines displays cancelled and delayed flights at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

Air Travel Braces for East Coast Storm Shutdown

Airlines canceled nearly 8,000 weekend flights as Hurricane Irene swept up the U.S. east coast toward New York, forcing carriers to move planes to safer areas and halting services at the busiest U.S. hub.
Hurricane Irene's Impact on Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

U.S. on High Alert as Hurricane Irene Closes in

Hurricane Irene closed in on the east coast on Friday, lashing North Carolina with ferocious winds and triggering emergency steps including unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns in New York.
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Hurricane Irene batters weekend MLB schedule

A number of Major League Baseball games have been postponed over the weekend as Hurricane Irene moves ominously over the east cost of the United States, it was announced on Friday.
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New York Not Rattled By Hurricane Irene Track, Threat

The world writes Friday that New Yorkers are in a state of panic and emergency. The city is facing the threat of Hurricane Irene, and it is serious. But New York on Friday was only a picture of calm and resolve as Irene made a track toward America's largest city.
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Hurricane Irene: 3 Ways to Survive [VIDEO]

For the first time, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of 300,000 residents of the cities costal areas as Hurricane Irene barrels up the East Coast.

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