STORM

Hurricane Irene makes landfall in North Carolina. 2.5 million evacuation orders are issued along the East Coast. President Obama says Irene will be 'costly.'

Hurricane Irene howled ashore in North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf on Saturday on a path threatening the densely populated U.S. East Coast with flooding and power outages.

Federal officials have warned Hurricane Irene, which is at a category 1 phase currently, could cause flooding, power outages or worse all along the East Coast as far north as Maine, even if it stays offshore.

At least 90,000 residents on North Carolina’s coast are without power, including a hospital in Morehead City.

Hurricane Irene is about to make history, aiming at a rare strike on New York. The city is getting ready for Irene's arrival. Evacuations are underway, and the MTA is nearing noon shutdown.

For the first time, North Shore L.I. residents must leave their homes

As Hurricane Irene sustains its path, making landfall in eastern North Carolina at around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the storm has weakened from Category 2 to Category 1, according to an update released by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 5 a.m. Saturday.

Hurricane Irene is disrupting the lives of some 50 million along the U.S. East Coast. But here are five survival tips worth trying to pass the time and make the best of a bad situation.

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Saturday but updated forecasts still show Irene is a powerful threat. The hurricane is nearing landfall in North Carolina, and models still show it should hit New York within 24 hours at hurricane strength. New York remains directly in the path of Irene on Saturday, and the storm is forecast to strike late Saturday and early Sunday at hurricane strength. But first, the Category 1 storm is within hours of making landfall in eastern North ...

Irene is bearing down on North Carolina early Saturday, preparing to make landfall. In New York, residents and officials continue preparation with evacuations and closings.

Hurricane Irene slightly lost some of its power on Saturday, but the destructive storm continues to move toward North Carolina's coast reportedly knocking out power and threatening to batter much of the East Coast.

Airlines canceled nearly 8,000 weekend flights as Hurricane Irene swept up the U.S. east coast toward New York, forcing carriers to move planes to safer areas and halting services at the busiest U.S. hub.

Hurricane Irene closed in on the east coast on Friday, lashing North Carolina with ferocious winds and triggering emergency steps including unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns in New York.

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 States, it was announced on Friday.

My Top 10 Thoughts As Storm Approaches

U.S. air carriers have canceled nearly 5,000 flights this weekend as destructive Hurricane Irene threatens several large airports in New York and Washington.

The New York City has experienced unprecedented mandatory evacuations as part of emergency preparations on Friday as the massive Category 1 storm with a speed of 90 mph, teamed up with heavy rains, has approached.

I remain skeptical that any of this will actually occur.

The world writes Friday that New Yorkers are in a state of panic and emergency. The city is facing the threat of Hurricane Irene, and it is serious. But New York on Friday was only a picture of calm and resolve as Irene made a track toward America's largest city.

Hurricane Irene is pummeling its way up the U.S. East Coast and is expected to hit North Carolina early Saturday, then continue all the way up to New York City and even Canada.

Scenes from before the storm strikes