Hurricane Irene could end up closing refineries on the East Coast, which are concentrated in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in anticipation for the storm's arrival, analysts say. Irene has been putting a beating down on the Bahamas for about two days. Structural damages, blocked roads and power outages have been reported in the southeastern islands.
Category 3 Hurricane Irene is gaining momentum and seemingly heading right for the city that never sleeps, and the potential exists -- in addition to risks to human life -- for major damage to New York's dwellings/infrastructure and economy.
Irene is expected to pass through Western Mass. Sunday night into Monday
Hurricane Irene continued its path of destruction towards the East Coast on Thursday -- posing extreme danger to some of the country's largest cities.
New Yorkers are preparing for Hurricane Irene, which threatens to become one of the biggest storms to hit the metropolitan area in decades. If Irene makes landfall in the New York area at hurricane strength, the powerful storm would be one of about five hurricanes to come within 75 miles of the city, according to records dating back 160 years.
Hurricane Irene poses an extraordinary threat to virtually upper half of the U.S. East Coast, threatening to become a storm of a lifetime. The major Category 3 storm has the potential to further strengthen before making landfall, and major metropolitan areas from Norfolk to New York and Boston face a threat of rare storm potency.
Hurricane Irene is expected to reach parts of Eastern Canada over the weekend.
As Hurricane Irene batters the northern Bahamas on as it heads toward the East Coast on Thursday, train services were canceled and workers scrambled to protect power lines in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Irene is expected to make landfall in New Jersey on Sunday morning as a Category 2 hurricane, with sustained winds between 96 and 110 miles per hour. Experts say it could be the worst storm ever to hit New Jersey.
Officials have stated that the voluntary order could soon be changed into a mandatory one.
Hurricane Irene is shaping up to be the U.S. east coast storm of a lifetime. Officials say Irene poses an extreme threat to areas from North Carolina to to southern New England through the end of the weekend. The major Category 3 storm has the potential to further strengthen before making landfall, and major metropolitan areas from Norfolk to New York and Boston face a threat of rare storm potency.
The 115 mph Category 3 storm is expected to hit North Carolina's Outer Banks Saturday afternoon. The hurricane will then creepy up the Eastern Seaboard.
While no one can know ahead of time just how much destruction a Category 3 Hurricane like Irene will do, specialty companies that specialize in catastrophic risk analysis are armed with historical data as well as links to national computer centers that track the storm in real time.
As Hurricane Irene approaches the East Coast, Airlines began issuing travel waivers and cancelling flights.
Gathering strength as she morphs into a major Category 4 storm, Hurricane Irene continues her assault threat on the East Coast. But even she can't slow preparations for NASA's upcoming launches from Florida's Space Coast, including a moon-studying mission slated to start Sept. 8, the space agency said.
About 9.5 inches of rain are expected to fall in Ocean City over the next three days
Reportedly, ‘huracan’ was the Taino word for ‘storm.’
Connecticut Thursday stepped-up preparation for what could be a once-removed or barrier eye-wall hit from Hurricane Irene -- barrier in that Irene's impact will be blunted by Long Island, N.Y. which lies roughly 15-20 miles to the south of Connecticut's shore line and separates it from the Atlantic Ocean.
Maryland governor Martin O'Malley declared a state of emergency on Thursday ahead of incoming Hurricane Irene, which continues to batter the Caribbean region.
Hurricane Irene has already led New Yorkers to head to the supermarkets and prepare for a wild weather weekend.
Several shows have been postponed or rescheduled as a result of the impending storm.
Virginia-based U.S. naval ships in Hurricane Irene's path have been ordered to move farther out to sea, where they will be out of the way of the approaching storm.
