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President Obama surveys flood-stricken New Jersey

President Barack Obama traveled to flood-stricken New Jersey Sunday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irene.

 

Some Vermont residents living 'hour to hour' after Irene

Some Vermont residents living 'hour to hour' after Irene

Tropical Storm Irene destroyed roads and marooned residents in more than a dozen central and southern Vermont towns in a matter of hours. The disaster took four days to unfold on Camels Hump Road, just east of Chittenden County.

 

Obama, Republicans tussle over paying for hurricane aid

The total damages from Hurricane Irene have yet to be assessed, but already the White House and congressional Republicans are fighting over the ...

 

More residents evacuate in New Jersey

As the Passaic River in New Jersey threatened to crest to dangerously high levels Tuesday, residents continued to battle the floodwaters that have forced thousands of people to relocate, authorities said.

 

Post-Irene Broadway box office numbers not pretty

New York may have been spared the worst of Hurricane Irene's wrath, but Broadway took a bath.

 

Stock rise after storm damage is less than feared

Stocks are rising after Tropical Storm Irene wound up being less severe than many analysts had anticipated.

 

Power slowly being restored to 973000 in Va.

Hurricane Irene knocked out power to nearly 1 million customers in Virginia; it was being restored in some areas today. Dominion Virginia Power said on its website early Sunday that more than 973,000 of its more than 2.4 million customers were without power Sunday morning.

 

Hurricane Irene downgraded to tropical storm

Hurricane Irene downgraded to tropical storm

Hurricane Irene became a tropical storm Sunday as it made landfall in New York City, sending the sea across the Coney Island boardwalk and rapids running down some low-lying streets in Manhattan and other boroughs.

 

Airlines scrap thousands of flights as Irene hits

Airlines scrap thousands of flights as Irene hits

Airlines are scrapping more than 9,000 flights this weekend from North Carolina to Boston.

 

Irene may hit hurricane status Monday

Authorities posted warnings for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Irene would strengthen into a hurricane Monday.

 

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