Hurricane Irene

Now that Irene has come and gone we are starting to see the images of her wake. Heavy damage has been reported all up and down the east coast from North Carolina to Maine. More than 20 deaths have now been attributed to Irene and damage estimates are expected to be in the billions of dollars.

As Irene came crashing in on the North Carolina-Virginia coast, millions of people are currently without power, while Philadelphia and New York City remain under Hurricane warning. About 2 million Virginia homes were without power Saturday night. The subway shutdown and came to a grinding halt in New York, as the streets of the city emptied. "Even if you have to walk, evacuate now," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

New York City has issued it's first mandatory evacuation order. People in low-lying areas of all five of the city's boroughs are being advised to leave the area immediately in anticipation of hurricane Irene. "The low-lying coastal areas that will be endangered most by storm surge include Coney Island and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, Far Rockaway and Broad Channel in Queens, South Beach, Midl

The government has been busy preparing for the worst storm to hit the northeast coastline in years. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate says “We're busy; we have teams deployed into the state emergency operations center in North Carolina, supporting their teams...

Emergency preparations were being made in New York City Wednesday, ahead of the monster storm Irene. The first major storm of the Atlantic hurricane season packed sustained winds of 120 MPH, and was taking a dangerous course while pounding the Bahamas...