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.
5 reasons why East Coast residents should be grateful Irene came on a weekend
Al Qaeda's new second-in-command was killed earlier this week in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Saturday, in a major blow to the group still reeling from the death of Osama bin Laden.
The U.S. has killed Al Qaeda's second in command. Has the U.S. won the war on Osama Bin Laden's terrorist organization?
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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.”
In addition, workers are moving trains and buses out of low-lying, flood-prone areas.
North Hempstead adds new areas on Port Washington peninsula to must-leave zones
He has already long suggested that Americans stockpile food ahead of an inevitable global disruption in food.
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.”
When the U.S. went to war with al Qaeda almost a decade ago after the terrorist organization launched a deadly attack against the U.S., killing thousands and taking down New York's World Trade Center towers, the contest seemed un-winnable at times. Since pundits and experts even labeled it that -- the un-winnable war. First, the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden. Now, reports say the U.S. has killed al Qaeda's number two leader.
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.
Former NY governor George Pataki has decided not to run for president.
The U.S. has killed al Qaeda's number two leader, officials say. The U.S. is close to defeating the terrorist organization responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the U.S.
The Great Neck peninsula is ready for Irene, a park commissioner said in its sealed marina
State officials may also open up shelters in Newark for more evacuees.
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Hurricane season for the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico runs from June 1 through November 30
Forecasters are predicting winds as high as 85 mph for southern Delaware.
The storm comes just a week after an unprecedented magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck central Virginia.
At least 90,000 residents on North Carolina’s coast are without power, including a hospital in Morehead City.
For the first time, North Shore L.I. residents must leave their homes
Even as chaos reigned on Tripoli following the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi from power, hundreds of Islamic militants were freed from a Libyan jail this week, according to reports.
At least 18 people were killed at a U.N. base in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the headquarters. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has since condemned the morning attack and said top officials will be dispatched to the Nigerian capital to respond to the emergency.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Thursday described Washington as a seedy place while defending what he said was his manner of speaking plainly.
A convoy of six Mercedes cars have crossed from Libya into Algeria, Egypt's state MENA news agency reported on Saturday, quoting a rebel source.
In his Jackson Hole, Wyo. conference speech, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said, in so many words, that headwinds -- some organic, some Capitol Hill-ish -- confronting the U.S. economy are strong, but the Fed is stronger.
My Top 10 Thoughts As Storm Approaches
I remain skeptical that any of this will actually occur.
