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'''Tropical Storm Irene''', which spent a few days as a [[hurricane]], started as a tropical storm in the Atlantic and will end as a tropical storm. 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 and will end as a tropical storm. 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. | ||
| − | Irene killed at least | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 23:20, August 29, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene, which spent a few days as a hurricane, started as a tropical storm in the Atlantic and will end as a tropical storm. 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.
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,[1] and 7 people in the Caribbean - 2 in Haiti, 4 in the Dominican Republic and 1 other.[2] Approximately 4 million people in the United States lost power.
Development
Tropical storm Irene developed east of the Leeward Islands, with NOAA issuing its first advisory at 7 PM on August 20, 2011. The storm developed into a Category 1 hurricane by August 22 while over Puerto Rico, becoming the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season.[3] The storm swept over the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands before hitting the Bahamas as a Category 3 hurricane. It destroyed over 100 homes there, and brought flooding and power outages to the islands.[4] At least 7000 homes were damaged in the Dominican Republic.[2]
References
- ↑ Hurricane Irene leads to at least 29 deaths in 10 states retrieved August 29, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Relief agencies struggle as hurricane death toll rises to 7 in Caribbean Wallengren, Maja, August 27, 2011, English.news.cn, retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Hurricane IRENE, Advisory number 7 National Hurricane Center, retrieved August 26, 2011
- ↑ Hurricane Irene hammers Bahamas islands August 26, 2011, bbcnews.com, retrieved August 26, 2011