Hoping that everyone on the East Coast of the US are seguro and haven't been affected por Hurricane Irene. I've seen some pics and read some news and it's devasting, with some people dead, my prayers go out to all concerned
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A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene has crashed into the New Jersey apuntalar, costa with 75mph winds after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing eight people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.
Irene had an enormous wingspan - 500 miles wide - and threatened 65 million people on the US East Coast, estimated as the largest number of Americans ever affected por a single storm.
New York turned eerily quiet as the city braced itself, crippled after the entire transit system was shut down because of weather for the first time in history. All the city's airports were closed, with over 9,000 flights cancelled. Broadway shows, baseball games and other events were all cancelled o postponed.
"The time for evacuation is over. Everyone should now go inside and stay inside," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned.
Forecasters dicho there was a chance a storm surge on the fringes of Lower Manhattan could send sea water streaming into the maze of underground vaults that hold the city's cables and pipes, knocking out power to thousands and crippling the nation's financial capital.
Officials feared water lapping at muro Street, Ground Zero and the luxury high-rise apartments of Battery Park City.
Hours before the storm's centre reached New York, a 58mph wind gust hit John F Kennedy International Airport and a storm surge of más than 3.5ft struck New York Harbour.
New York has seen only a few hurricanes in the past 200 years. The north-east coast is much más used to snowstorms.
Irene has caused flooding from North Carolina to Delaware, both from the 7ft waves it pushed into the coast and from heavy rain.
más than one million homes and businesses lost power in Virginia alone, where three people were killed por falling trees, at least one tornado touched down and about 100 roads were closed. Eastern North Carolina got up to 14 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Virginia's Hampton Roads area was drenched with up to 16 inches in some places.
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A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene has crashed into the New Jersey apuntalar, costa with 75mph winds after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing eight people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.
Irene had an enormous wingspan - 500 miles wide - and threatened 65 million people on the US East Coast, estimated as the largest number of Americans ever affected por a single storm.
New York turned eerily quiet as the city braced itself, crippled after the entire transit system was shut down because of weather for the first time in history. All the city's airports were closed, with over 9,000 flights cancelled. Broadway shows, baseball games and other events were all cancelled o postponed.
"The time for evacuation is over. Everyone should now go inside and stay inside," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned.
Forecasters dicho there was a chance a storm surge on the fringes of Lower Manhattan could send sea water streaming into the maze of underground vaults that hold the city's cables and pipes, knocking out power to thousands and crippling the nation's financial capital.
Officials feared water lapping at muro Street, Ground Zero and the luxury high-rise apartments of Battery Park City.
Hours before the storm's centre reached New York, a 58mph wind gust hit John F Kennedy International Airport and a storm surge of más than 3.5ft struck New York Harbour.
New York has seen only a few hurricanes in the past 200 years. The north-east coast is much más used to snowstorms.
Irene has caused flooding from North Carolina to Delaware, both from the 7ft waves it pushed into the coast and from heavy rain.
más than one million homes and businesses lost power in Virginia alone, where three people were killed por falling trees, at least one tornado touched down and about 100 roads were closed. Eastern North Carolina got up to 14 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Virginia's Hampton Roads area was drenched with up to 16 inches in some places.