People shield themselves from blowing sand and rain as they look over the beach during Hurricane Irene August 27, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. A large tree sits on a gasoline tanker truck, and a string of power lines, after heavy winds toppled it over, on August 28, in Lothian, Maryland. Two men wear garbage bags to shield themselves from Hurricane Irene's heavy rain on August 27, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hurricane Irene blasted ashore near Cape Lookout, North Carolina on Saturday, a weakened but still massive category one storm that has sent tens of thousands of Americans fleeing for safety.
Irene packed sustained winds of 85 miles kilometers an hour as it made landfall near the southern end of a slender chain of barrier islands that ring the North Carolina Coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Irene made landfall on the North Carolina coast this morning after a night of driving rain and wind in a storm that forced evacuations along the Eastern Seaboard. The deserted Times Square subway station is seen as Hurricane Irene approaches after the entire city mass transit system was closed on August 27, in New York City.
A birdhouse lies in the flooded yard of a home in Frisco, North Carolina, U. Tourists struggle against the wind and rain while visiting the nation's capital in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene August 27, in Washington, DC. Hurricane Irene made landfall this morning in North Carolina and is expected to move up the east coast of the United States.
Water in a parking lot enters a storm drain as winds and high tides from approaching Hurricane Irene start hit the area, on August 27, in Ocean City, Maryland.
The state of Maryland has declared a state of emergency as heavy winds and surf from Hurricane Irene approaches the coast. A police officer patrols the beach next to the synthetic plank boardwalk in Spring Lake, New Jersey, which was mostly destroyed and rendered unusable by Hurricane Irene. Shelves are nearly out of water at a grocery store in the Rockaways section of the New York City borough of Queens as people prepared for Hurricane Irene on Saturday, the day before the storm blew up the East Coast.
People walk along a battered beach in Nagua on August 23 as winds and rain of Hurricane Irene lashed the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti. The Category Two hurricane skirted the north coast of the Dominican Republic with sustained winds of over 99 miles per hour km per hour and moving in a northwesterly direction. Some 7, people were evacuated. The sentiments of Cape May, N. Generators were practically flying off the shelves at a Home Depot store in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on August 25 ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene.
A woman carries her baby past a boarded-up restaurant in the Outer Banks town of Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina on August 25 ahead of Hurricane Irene's expected landfall in the area. North Carolina declared a state of emergency, with coastal Dare County ordering thousands of residents to evacuate. Workers hurried to board up a store before heavy winds arrive, on August 26 in Ocean City, Maryland. Change in extreme rain events compared to average.
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For me, this is fine," said Krasimira Mincheva, a Morey's Piers employee standing at the back of a very long line. Morey's, which was closed like almost all boardwalk businesses, had order sheets to feed an army: 60 gallons of chicken soup, 6, 8-ounce milks, 2, bagels and more for the students, once they arrived. A few blocks north, there was nothing. Stores were closed, the rickety boards silent near the normally bustling Gateway 26 arcade, with no feet, surreys or tram cars to give them life.
One man sat on a bench, soaking up the solitude near a surf shop, resigned to stay and face whatever's heading his way. Skip to content Share Icon.
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