Hurricane Irene Pushes On Toward Northeast

The storm makes landfall in North Carolina packing less of a punch than expected. But a million people lose power and nine are dead.Hurricane Irene, a ferocious and slow-moving storm, smashed into North Carolina, then slowly swirled its way up the Eastern Seaboard, flooding low-lying areas, knocking out power to as many as a million customers and forcing the densely populated regions of Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City to take unprecedented steps as they braced for impact.

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  • Hurricane Irene leaves flooding and destruction it its wake as 11 die and millions without power while storm churns up East Coast
    Virginia and Maryland Maryland warns that dam could fail threatening homes and people More than two million people without power as Hurricane Irene pummels North Carolina and Virginia Conditions ...
    01/26/2012 - 3:03 am | View Link
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