NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The National Hurricane Center says Irene is moving up the mid-Atlantic coast, lashing the region with heavy rains and blustery winds. The center said at 2 a.m. EDT Sunday ...

In New York City, where people had braced for a ... Many people were surprised by the destruction that Hurricane Irene wrought in communities far inland. But National Weather Service records ...

A teacher and a tourist died in rough waters off New Smyrna Beach. Waves also damaged sea turtle nests along the central coast. A man wades through a flooded street after hurricane Irene hit the ...

Hurricane Irene made landfall in New Jersey early Sunday and hit New York City as a tropical storm. The 700-mile-wide storm pelted the tri-state area with heavy rains, flash floods and strong winds.

Beyond New York City, she said, hurricane-force winds could plague the Delmarva coast, eastern New Jersey, Long Island and southwestern New England. View Hurricane Irene track forecast in a larger ...

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On August 24, 2011, I had good reason to fear New York City's worst-case storm surge disaster might be named Irene. As Category 3 Hurricane Irene ripped through the Bahamas on its way to North ...

When hurricane Irene failed to flood Manhattan as predicted over the weekend, many called the evacuation an overreaction to media hype – one local told the New York Times he was “embarrassed.” ...

By 9 p.m., Hurricane Irene was expected to blow out of town on its way to New England. The last hurricane to strike New York was Gloria, a Category 2 storm that lashed Long Island in 1985 with ...

What if a major hurricane were to pass close to New York City, as several forecasting models now suggest that Hurricane Irene might? Apart from the potential loss of life in the most densely ...