Deadly Irene Cuts Power to 1 Million as New York Braces
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At least nine people died, North Carolina’s Outer Banks flooded and more than 1 million homes and businesses were without power after Hurricane Irene started on its collision course with New York today.
States as far north as Maine are evacuating residents and preparing for outages from the hurricane, with tropical storm-force winds extending outward from the center as much as 290 miles (465 kilometers), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Residents in the New York metropolitan area and beyond were forced to stay close to home as trains and subways stopped.