Google Doodle honors Argentine Jorge Luis Borges, a Virginia earthquake rocks the entire East Coast, Hurricane Irene is upgraded to a Category 3 storm as it approached the United States, and more in today's Daily Scoop
New York survived an earthquake that shook buildings and rattled nerves on Tuesday. Now, America's largest city is bracing for assault from Hurricane Irene, taking dead aim at the metropolitan area. The latest forecast models show Irene could make landfall late Sunday at hurricane strength, packing winds of 80 miles per hour or more.
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Hurricane Irene has regained its strength and is expected to strike southeastern and central Bahamas Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Irene strengthened back into a Category 2 storm as it approached to the Bahamas early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Irene, growing dangerous by each passing day, left the northwestern Caribbean, triggering high waves and heavy downpours which left about one million people in the dark in Puerto Rico. According to official storm predictions, the United States' Southeast region is under threat of a potential landfall towards the end of the week.
Hurricane Irene could reach the New York area by Sunday night or Monday morning, and residents should prepare, officials say.
Hurricane Irene weakened to a Category 1 hurricane and is bearing down on parts of the Bahamas as it inches away from the Caribbean and proceeds toward the East Coast of the United States.
The Hurricane Irene path is expected to span the entire U.S. east coast, reaching all the way from Florida to as north as New York state. Strong hurricane force winds, however, are expected to spare most of the U.S.
Hurricane Irene has weakened to a category 1 storm, but it is expected to grow in intensity and follow a path up the East Coast of the United States this weekend.
Hurricane Irene may make landfall a day earlier than originally projected, according to updated forecasts from the National Hurricane Center. It is now expected to reach Morehead City, N.C., on Saturday.
Hurricane Irene posed a potential threat to the entire U.S. East Coast from Florida to New England, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as forecasters tried to predict where the powerful storm might hit over the next week.
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Hurricane Irene, if it keeps to its projected path and hits Florida and North Carolina later this week, will become the first hurricane in three years to make landfall in the United States.
The entire East Coast of the United States is on the National Hurricane Center's updated path for Hurricane Irene.
A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.
Cell phone service can become the difference between life and death during a hurricane or other natural disaster
Hurricane Irene has grown stronger, and the storm is expected to further strengthen and strike the U.S. southeast coast by the weekend, possibly as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm. More than 60 million people from Florida to New York and Massachusetts could be impacted by the powerful storm.
Hurricane Irene's path sees it strengthening up the coast into a major hurricane as it skims Florida and barrels into the Carolinas this weekend.
The projected path of Hurricane Irene shifted slightly to the west overnight, with a chance of the eye hitting around Wilmington, according to the National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center says Irene will strengthen and could become a major hurricane later today or Wednesday.
Hurricane Irene has grown stronger, and the storm is expected to further strengthen and strike the U.S. southeast coast by the weekend, possibly as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm. More than 60 million people from Florida to New York and Massachusetts could be impacted by the powerful storm.
Hurricane Irene may become a Category 4 storm by the time it reaches Florida on Friday. Although the worst of the hurricane is expected to hit off the Florida coast, parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties are still in Irene's projected path.
