The Passaic River in northern New Jersey crested Tuesday morning and forced mandatory evacuations.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2011
Metro-North Railroad to and from New York City resumed full service on its major lines, while some remain indefinitely suspended.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2011
Extensive flooding remained in parts of New Jersey on Tuesday. Passaic County in the northern part of the state and Mercer and Middlesex Counties in the central part were particularly hard-hit, with water reaching the roofs of some houses.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2011
Metro-North train service was partly restored on Tuesday, but several lines remained down, and the Port Jervis Line was expected to be crippled for months because of flooding from Hurricane Irene.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2011
By Tuesday, the death toll from Irene had risen to at least 40. The sharp increase from initial reports of 25 casualties came as a number of drowned bodies were recovered and several more people electrocuted by downed power lines.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 30, 2011
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Irene ran through 10 states on the East Coast, damaging several communities, including some in New York and New Jersey, with winds and floods. It is believed that Irene claimed 25 lives as of Monday and caused between $7 billion and $13 billion in damages.
Laura Matthews
Aug 29, 2011
Energy firms along the Eastern Seaboard scrambled on Monday to resume operations after Hurricane Irene left 5.5 million customers without power.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
After Hurricane Irene forced a massive shutdown of mass transit in New York City, subway service has been fully restored citywide, NBC New York reported.
Elisha Maldonado
Aug 29, 2011
The New York Blood Center, which serves more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, is the first blood bank to suffer from an urgent need of blood donors because it lost an estimated 2,000 donations during the Hurricane Irene storm.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
There's an axiom that says, A crisis brings out the best and the worst in the human condition. And that was certainly the case with Hurricane Irene.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
Irene does damage to 1,400 cell towers, but for the most part, telecom infrastructure was left alone.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
New Jersey Transit's trains remain out of service Monday until further notice, as a result of damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
New York City was slowly getting back to business as usual on Monday after Hurricane Irene but hundreds of thousands of people who normally travel in from the surrounding area faced a hellish commute as flooding knocked out some transit routes.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, airlines are struggling to resume a normal schedule, particularly in New York City.
Mark Johanson
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene, which ravaged through 10 states on the East Coast, left countless communities from North Carolina to New Jersey damaged, flooded and sans power as photos of the aftermath emerged.
Nadine DeNinno
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene could cost U.S. state and local governments billions of dollars in damages, but funds from the federal government might ultimately cover much of this expense.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene prompted a death toll of at least 25 across eight states, the Associated Press reported. States of Emergency were declared in Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
President Barack Obama said Monday he is continuing to direct Hurricane Irene recovery and rebuilding efforts, as federal, state, and local officials assess damage in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, even as Northeast states like Vermont and New Jersey continue to get people out of harm's way of rising flood waters.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
The effects of Hurricane Irene have not been as dire as expected, but the storm did wreak havoc on universities throughout the Northeast, many of which shut down part or all of their campuses or postponed student move-in dates.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
After finding out that I'd finally get my hands on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt -- but during the weekend of Hurricane Irene's assault on the East Coast -- major concerns filled my head.
John Talty
Aug 29, 2011
New York reopened for business Monday, as subways got back into operation, though the city is moving slow getting back into full swing. Yet 25 lives were claimed by Hurricane Irene's destructive path, and millions remain without power. Hurricane Irene 2011 may not have been as damaging as some forecasts predicted, but from North Carolina, to Philadelphia and New Jersey, the storm's impact was severe, and weeks if not months may be required for full recovery.
David Magee
Aug 29, 2011
