Irene Blamed For At Least 6 Deaths As It Makes Ferocious Run Up East Coast

Irene Blamed For At Least 6 Deaths As It Makes Ferocious Run Up East Coast FoxNews.com

Is New York Ready for Hurricane Irene?



Since yesterday evening and today, Fox News and many other news outlets have been covering the details of Hurricane Irene, which has already hit North Carolina and Virginia.  Now the hurricane is headed up the East Coast to New York and New Jersey.  New York hasn't experienced a major hurricane in over 60 years.  The subway and transit systems in New York are closed in anticipation of Hurricane Irene possibly tomorrow.  Many residents are seeking shelter. 

According to Fox News the hurricane pounded the North Carolina and Virginia coasts with fierce winds and heavy rains.  The storm so far has registered a Cateogry 1.  Six people have been killed thus far, including two children.  In North Carolina a man was crushed to death outside his home by a large limb blown down by high winds from the hurricane.   Nearly one people are without electricity.  Hurricane Irene slammed into Cape Lookout, North Carolina at 7:30 a.m., which packed maximum sustained winds up to 85 mph., according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. 

The hurricane stirred up 7-foot waves, and forecasters warned of storm-surge danger on the coasts of Virginia and Delaware, along the Jersey Shore and in New York Harbor and Long Island Sound.  In Maryland, the authorities closed the Chesapeake Bay Saturday evening as Irene gusts reach 72 to 80 mph.  For more information about this particular story, clink on the above link from FoxNews.com.