Hurricanes

A massive storm, thousands of miles wide, passed across much of the mid-west and eastern seaboard and New York State.

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

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...