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'''Tropical Storm Irene''', which spent a few days as a [[hurricane]], started as a tropical storm in the Atlantic. It was initially a Category 2 storm when it threatened the mainline United States, having maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (as of Friday morning, August 26, 2011) before losing intensity as it moved up the East Coast from North Carolina up through New York City. It had reached Category 3 status earlier as it passed through the Caribbean. It is curently a tropical storm.

'''Tropical Storm Irene''', which spent a few days as a [[hurricane]], started as a tropical storm in the Atlantic before heading north toward New York City. It had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (as of Friday morning, August 26, 2011) before losing intensity as it moved up the East Coast from North Carolina up through New York City. It had reached Category 3 status earlier as it passed through the Caribbean.  

Irene killed at least 36 people, the vast majority of whom were Americans. Twenty-nine people died in Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Vermont,<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44314551/ns/weather/ Hurricane Irene leads to at least 29 deaths in 10 states] retrieved August 29, 2011</ref> and 7 people in the Caribbean - 2 in Haiti, 4 in the Dominican Republic and 1 other.<ref name="relief"/> Approximately 4 million people in the United States lost power.

Irene killed 29 Americans<ref> Twenty-nine people died in Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Vermont,[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44314551/ns/weather/ Hurricane Irene leads to at least 29 deaths in 10 states] retrieved August 29, 2011</ref> and 7 people in the Caribbean - 2 in Haiti, 4 in the Dominican Republic and 1 other.<ref name="relief"/>  

 

Approximately 4 million people in the United States lost power.

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