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'''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.  

'''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"/>

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"/>  

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"/>  

Approximately 4 million people in the United States lost power.

Approximately 4 million people in the United States lost power.