Irene Death Toll Reaches Five; D.C., NYC Bracing Themselves

This morning the "eye wall" of Hurricane Irene reached land just east of Cape Lookout in North Carolina—sweeping away dunes, flooding beaches, destroying a pier in kinda-nearby Atlantic Beach, and causing power outages. The old girl's not as strong as we thought she'd be, though! The latest, with updates below. More »

Source: http://gawker.com/5834999/weakened-irene-reaches-us-land-and-other-hurricane-highlights

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