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'''Tropical Storm Irene''' started as a tropical depression in the Atlantic before passing through the Caribbean as a category 3 hurricane, hitting the east coast of the United States as a category 1 hurricane<ref name="seaboard">[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/us/28hurricane-irene.html Damage and Flooding Scar Atlantic Seaboard]</ref> and losing intensity as it headed north toward New York City. It had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (as of Friday morning, August 26, 2011). It initially came ashore on the mainland of the United States at Cape Lookout, North Carolina.<ref name="seaboard"/>  

'''Tropical Storm Irene''' started as a tropical depression in the Atlantic before passing through the Caribbean as a category 3 hurricane, hitting the east coast of the United States as a category 1 hurricane<ref name="seaboard">[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/us/28hurricane-irene.html Damage and Flooding Scar Atlantic Seaboard]</ref> and losing intensity as it headed north toward New York City. It had maximum sustained winds of 110&nbsp;mph (as of Friday morning, August 26, 2011). It initially came ashore on the mainland of the United States at Cape Lookout, North Carolina.<ref name="seaboard"/>  

Irene killed 46 people in thirteen states and Puerto Rico<ref>[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8292750/obama-to-view-hurricane-damage US floodwaters recede after Irene] Hill, Michael and Samantha Henry, September 1, 2011, news.ninemsn.com.au, retrieved September 1, 2011</ref> and 7 people in the Caribbean - 2 in Haiti, 4 in the Dominican Republic and 1 other.<ref name="relief"/>  

Irene killed 46 people in thirteen states and Puerto Rico<ref>[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8292750/obama-to-view-hurricane-damage US floodwaters recede after Irene] Hill, Michael and Samantha Henry, September 1, 2011, news.ninemsn.com.au, retrieved September 1, 2011</ref> and 7 people in the Caribbean - 2 in Haiti, 4 in the Dominican Republic and 1 other.<ref name="relief"/>  

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