New York City officials have begun preparations to evacuate residents from low-lying areas of New York City, if necessary, as the rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene could reach the New York area by midday Saturday.
Category 3 Hurricane Irene is now entering Central Bahamas after giving a serious beating to some southeastern islands in the Bahamas. The powerful storm still inches closer to the East Coast of the United States and has the potential to upgrade to a Category 4 hurricane by Thursday.
The latest predictions show Hurricane Irene cutting a path up the East Coast of the United States from the Carolinas up through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.
Hurricane Irene battered parts of the Bahamas on Wednesday, leaving some southeastern islands without electricity, debris-blocked roads, and damaged homes. The Category 3 hurricane is now taking aim at the New York area and the rest of the East Coast of the United States. Irene could become a Category 4 storm by Thursday as it approaches the U.S.
While Hurricane Irene continues to make its way through The Bahamas with heavy winds and rain, residents in the capital Nassau are stocking up on the goods they need to in order to ride out the Category 3 storm. Irene is still threatening the east coast of the United States.
Hurricane Irene is heading right for Northeast. It remains unclear when and where the storm will break.
Even if Irene reaches New York as a weakened Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane, it could still wreak havoc because the city is simply not prepared to handle such storms the way Florida or the Gulf Coast are. In a worst-case scenario, here are the top five threats New York City would face from a major hurricane.
Tourists are beginning to evacuate Ocracoke Island, just off the coast of North Carolina, ahead of Hurricane Irene, which is expected to maintain intensity as it tracks northward toward the state.
Hurricane and tropical storm watches were issued for the Carolinas early Thursday as Hurricane Irene moved over the northwestern Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center said.
“We’re very concerned about what’s going to happen in New England,” said Bill Read, director of the NHC.
Hurricane Irene's projected path is expected impact almost the entire East Coast.
Heavy rain from the path of Hurricane Irene will do little to alleviate severe drought conditions that have plagued the nation’s midsection throughout the spring and summer.
Hurricane Irene reached 120 mph as it intensified, ravaging Acklins and Crooked Islands in the southeastern Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center said that Irene is a large and dangerous storm and that it is expected to gain momentum in the next day.
Tourists and residents of the small North Carolina island calmly flocked to ferries Wednesday. Hurricane Irene strengthened to a Category 3 storm while people on Ocracoke filled their cars with gas and gathered supplies.
Virtually the entire U.S. East Coast is on alert late Wednesday for a possible impact from Hurricane Irene, threatening to blaze a trail from eastern North Carolina northward to New England by Monday. By the time the storm departs the East Coast late Monday, it will likely have lashed with significant impacts from the Bahamas, where it is currently located, to eastern North Carolina, and up through the northeast U.S. -- possibly making a direct hit on Long Island, New York late Sunday.
As Hurricane Irene approaches the U.S., we take a look back at some at some of the most epic storms that have made landfall in the last century.
Hurricane Irene continues to strengthen and make cut a path toward the eastern United States, with good odds of striking the New York area, and possibly making a direct hit on Long Island late Sunday. Irene is the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season and threatening to be the first to strike the U.S. since Ike in 2008.
Hurricane Irene 2011 is gaining momentum and heading for the East Coast. Vacationers have been advised to change plans. As can be expected, many are choosing hope for the best over expect the worst.
The entire East Coast of the U.S. is on Hurricane Irene's path.
It is rare for a hurricane to strike New York City directly; more often, they hit eastern Long Island and Cape Cod. Since 1851, only five hurricanes have struck within 75 miles of the city, although the edges of others have caused damage. Here are six of the worst to affect the region.
The arrival of Hurricane Irene over the Caribbean once again prompts fanatics to feed into the “global warming” hoax.
The earthquake reminded us that we’ve got to be prepared for a variety of things.
