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Hurricane Irene was a large and very destructive hurricane which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
Read More at Wikipedia ›President Barack Obama has declared an emergency for North Carolina that is expected to be hit by Hurricane Irene over the weekend.
Obama on Thursday night ordered federal aid to supplement state and local responses to the storm.The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) can coordinate all disaster relief efforts.It also means the state is eligible for federal funds to help in cleanup and other needs.Irene is tightening its aim on the Eastern Seaboard. It threatens up to 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New England.Gov. Beverly Perdue's staff is taking the blame for failing to alert the North Carolina public sooner that the governor had declared a state of emergency for nearly 40 eastern counties for the approaching Hurricane Irene.Perdue's press office announced late Thursday morning her declaration, which sets in motion mechanisms for state emergency officials to respond to the storm, activate the National Gu...Amtrak and the United States Department of Transportation reports that all rail service south of Washington D.C. has been cancelled from Friday through Sunday, due t...
NEW YORK -- Travelers across the country are facing days of grief as thousands of flights get canceled because of Hurricane Irene.Airlines are scrapping more than 9,...
Hurricane Irene had led to the deaths of 11 people in five states as of Sunday morning:CONNECTICUT:— In Prospect, one person was killed in a fire that Gov. Dannel P....
A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene roared off the Dominican Republic's resort-dotted northern coast on Monday, whipping up high waves and torrential downpours o...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A number of Major League Baseball games have been postponed over the weekend as Hurricane Irene moves ominously over the east cost of the United...
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The Philadelphia Phillies became the first team to reschedule a baseball game Thursday as Hurricane Irene headed for what could be a direct hit on the Northeast this...
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President Barack Obama has declared an emergency for North Carolina that is expected to be hit by Hurricane Irene over the weekend.Obama on Thursday night ordered fe...
Hurricane Irene has led to the deaths of at least 38 people in 11 states:CONNECTICUT: 2— In Prospect, 89-year-old Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a fal...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , who took some heat last year for vacationing in Florida while a blizzard slammed the East Coast, is staying in the office this time ...
The following is a transcript of President Obama's speech on Hurricane Irene:Good Morning everybody. I want to say a few words about Hurricane Irene; urge Americans ...
Hurricane Irene had led to the deaths of 18 people in eight states as of Sunday morning:CONNECTICUT:— In Prospect, one person was killed in a fire that Gov. Dannel P...
The military's efforts to help the East Coast recover from the floods and disruption caused by Hurricane Irene could test the Pentagon's new plan to avoid the chaos ...
Hurricane Irene has led to the deaths of at least 33 people in 10 states:CONNECTICUT: 2-- In Prospect, 89-year-old Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a fa...
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