Saturday 27 August 2011

Hurricane Irene Strikes NC - Cat 1 Storm Landfall Was

Hurricane Irene Strikes NC - Cat 1 Storm Landfall Was

Perdue: "I want to see the damage firsthand," but must wait until conditions are safe. Urges citizens to be cautious. NCIrene #
The rain fell in southern New Jersey, "the rain came a little early, but that's because Irene has grown in size, no movement faster'-@ nynjpaweather
Some 47,000 customers without power in northeast North Carolina, southeastern Virginia Hurricane Irene - Dominion Resources via Reuters @
More than 8,000 canceled flights this weekend Irene # - @ flightaware
Approximately 200,000 North Carolina were without electricity, according to the electricity company ProgressEnergy Irene @ #
CNN:
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) - weak, but still fierce, Hurricane Irene to close part of the morning, the North Carolina coast Saturday, drenching the coast to the north and the inauspicious beginning of March up to the Atlantic coast.
The enormous Category 1 hurricane made landfall near Cape Lookout around 7:30 with top sustained winds of 85 miles I Timen blows sand and water in all directions.
Kitty Hawk reinforced for the next nasty right hook Irene.
Tens of thousands of people in North Carolina were without electricity as the damage reports began to filter into
Approximately 190 000 Progress Energy customers lost power, said company spokesman Lauren Bradford. Gusts of wind affecting restoration efforts, even tripled in the team, he said.
Close at the southern end of Ocracoke Outer Banks, a couple of hundreds of people riding the storm lost power early Saturday morning. Their power lines are folded along the poles installed on the highest sand dunes.
"The power is gone for good at about 5 am," said Clayton Gaskill, who had tried to keep the small island radio station WOVV ran all night. "We will not be back on the air until the storm passes because there are not immune from portable generators," he said in a text message to CNN.
At Atlantic Beach, who do not feel the full brunt of the storm ripped away face hotel, and part of a pier was washed into the raging sea. Walls of water rushed into the country, flooding riverside roads.
Hurricanes weaken over land, but the goal Irene U.S. first, fragments of North Carolina in the Atlantic islands, are surrounded by swamps and Irene must continue to produce hurricane force.
National Hurricane Center said a tide extremely dangerous storm could bring water levels up to 9 meters in some parts of North Carolina. It 'also warned of the possibility of tornadoes touching down.
On its way north, Irene could cause problems all the way up this weekend in Boston. Parts of New York, including lower Manhattan sea level, was preparing a great flood.

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