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The Extraordinary Hurricane

 

Irene poses an extraordianary threat to the East Coast. More Irene Maps

- Irene is a hurricane that poses an extraordinary threat and is one that no one has yet experienced in North Carolina to the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast and New England.

- Locations from eastern North Carolina and the eastern Mid-Atlantic states to Long Island to southern New England are all in the potential path of Hurricane Irene.

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ALERT: Hurricane Irene lumbers past Florida toward NC

By Christopher Hinton

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Hurricane Irene lumbered toward Florida on Friday morning, but the core of the storm is expected to remain well off the coast for now. Irene was earlier downgraded to a category two from a category three storm, though some re-intensification is possible, the National Hurricane Center reported. Winds were clocked at 110 miles per hour. The storm is moving [...]