Overview of Hurricane Irene 2011 (Photos)
Hurricane Irene is developing dramatically and the National Hurricane Center warned that the storm upgraded from its current level to Category 3. New York becomes the sixth U.S. state after New Jersey, North Carolina, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia to declare a state of emergency.
Earlier on Thursday, the first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season damaged hundreds of homes on small Bahamian islands. Furthermore, the late Thursday night had maximum winds at the center of the hurricane were 115 miles per hour, making it a Category 3 storm. U.S. President Barack Obama issued an emergency for North Carolina Thursday night before a forecast that the Category 3 storm will beat the state on the weekend with 185 km/h winds and 30 centimeters of rainfall. There have been forecast that the storm could be upgraded to a Category 4 before hitting North Carolina. “In this emergency I am activating all levels of state government to prepare for any situation that may be caused by Hurricane Irene.” said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Hurricane Irene has been said to become the most powerful storm to hit the East Coast in seven years.
A satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 25 August 2011 demonstrates Hurricane Irene over the Bahamas and south-east of Florida
The scene of hurricane Irene moved over the Caribbean by astronaut Ron Garan from the International Space Station
Two residents walking through a destroyed tree in their neighborhood as Hurricane Irene passed to the east of Nassau on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
A man walking along the waterfront as Hurricane Irene flew in the Bahamas
A flood-water house in the Moscu neighborhood of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic after the passing of Hurricane Irene
Residents looked at water outside their home in the Moscu neighbourhood of San Cristobal
A road destroyed by the overflowing of the Nigua River in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
A woman was pictured at a flooded street in San Cristobal
The battered beach in Nagua, Dominican Republic
The incredible picture of a man walking through a street in Baracoa, Cuba when a wave sprayed the street as Hurricane Irene affected the area
Displaced people were seen at the raging Nigua River in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Hurricane Irene 2011 in the Bahamas
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