Killington, Vt. — Two people climb over the damaged Route 4 in Killington, Vt, on Tuesday. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen Vermont towns cut off by flooding.
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Woodstock, Vt. — Lindsey Jones makes her way down floodwater-damaged Route 4 in Woodstock. Jones, who is from Virginia, has been hiking the Appalachian trail for two months and took shelter with an acquaintance in White River Junction, Vt. She says it will take her two days to return to the trail head due to road closures across the state.
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Mendon, Vt. — Workers grade an alternate roadbed alongside Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., on Tuesday, washed out by flood waters. Vermont Emergency Management officials say they'll use helicopters to airlift food, water and supplies to flood-stricken towns that have been cut off by road and bridge washouts.
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Pittsfield, Vt. — A house was destroyed about a mile south of Pittsfield, Vt.
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Wayne, N.J. — A man walks across the road near a flooded section of Highway 23 in Wayne, N.J.
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Wayne, N.J. — Trucks sit in a flooded parking lot in New Jersey as the region continues to struggle Tuesday with its worst flooding in decades, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked Northeast with torrential rain.
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East Haven, Conn. — A man surveys the damage to a three-story home that collapsed during the storm on Sunday on Cosey Beach.
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East Haven, Conn. — Andy Weinstein, of Woodbridge, peers into what was once the living room of his family's summer cottage on Cosey Beach Avenue in East Haven. The Weinsteins bought the house four years ago after renting for several seasons.
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Connecticut shoreline — A lone cottage sits surrounded by water along the Connecticut shoreline after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the state.
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Wayne, N.J. — Flood waters remain several feet deep in Wayne. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods.
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Ship Bottom, N.J. — A produce store in Ship Bottom lets customers know Hurricane Irene didn't knock them out of business. Shore towns recovering from the storm hope tourists weren't scared away for the last week and a half of the summer season.
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Secaucus, N.J. — A tractor trailer drives through the flood water that goes up and over his headlights on Secaucus Road after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend.
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Wayne, N.J. — A man maneuvers his boat near a rescue team through a flood caused by Hurricane Irene in Wayne.
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St. Huberts, N.Y. — Floodwater caused by Hurricane Irene rushes along Route 73, tearing up the road as it flows. Entire towns in Vermont and New York remained cut off by flooding and some communities were still warily watching swollen rivers after heavy rains from Irene.
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Rotterdam, N.Y. — A lock on the Mohawk River in Rotterdam, N.Y., is overwhelmed with floodwater.
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Avon, N.C. — Greg Austin of Avon, N.C., tries to save a fish that was washed out of a local pond during the storm surge from Hurricane Irene.
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Keene, N.Y. — Jarrid Gonyea and his wife, Michelle, of Wilmington, N.Y., walk on a road heavily damaged by the storm.
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Avon, N.C. — Ashley Isbrecht carries a ceramic figurine outside the Hatteras Island Toy Store in Avon, N.C., as she helps with the cleanup Monday.
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Salvo, N.C. — The 100-year-old Pea Island lifeguard station was toppled by the storm.
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Waterbury, Vt. — North Main Street is underwater in the wake of Irene. Almost 50,000 Vermont utility customers were without power Monday, hundreds of roads were closed and a number of bridges were destroyed by the storm.
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New York — Grand Central station is unusually quiet at the start of Monday morning's rush hour as the city continues to try to get back to normal. The rail system was on a limited schedule Monday.
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Rodanthe, N.C. — State Route 12, the main road on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, was severely damaged by the storm.
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Brooklyn, N.Y. — A man runs along the Coney Island beach at dawn.
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Windsor, Vt. — Water rushes over the Ascutney Mill Dam on Kennedy's Pond.
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Waterbury, Vt. — Firefighter Mandy Drake clears a storm drain in front of a fire station on Monday. The building was evacuated as high water from the Winooski River flooded downtown.
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Fairfield, Conn. — A house lies wrecked by Irene.
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Rodanthe, N.C. — Part of State Route 12 was wiped away by the storm surge from Irene.
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Queens, N.Y. — Ken Smith clears the street Sunday in front of his house in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens, N.Y.
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Arapahoe, N.C. — Spc. Caleb Lowery with the Army National Guard helps clean out a homeowner's hot tub on Sunday.
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Hatteras Island, N.C. — Irene battered the beachfront on Hatteras Island.
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Fairhaven, Mass. — Waves crash into a seawall Sunday.
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Milford, Conn. — Nick Krashefski looks out at the water after Hurricane Irene destroyed his home.
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New York City — On the Brooklyn Heights Promenade overlooking Lower Manhattan on Sunday, Francesca Tate, accompanied by her husband Jim Tate, talks to her friend in Boston to see how the storm is there. The skies over New York City had already begun to clear by noon Sunday after Hurricane Irene moved north.
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New York City — In Brooklyn Heights on Hicks Street, a large tree fell across the street during Hurricane Irene. Neighbors gather Sunday to view the damage.
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New York City — A man walks in Times Square as Hurricane Irene arrives on Sunday morning.
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Asbury Park, N.J. — Waves and storm surge pound the boardwalk and the beach at first light Sunday.
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Hightstown, N.J. — A car sits submerged Sunday after Peddie Lake overflowed because of Hurricane Irene.
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Kill Devil Hills, N.C. — Flood debris litters the street as a resident surveys damage from Irene. The storm hit Dare County, which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills.
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Ocean City, Md. — Sand covers the boardwalk after Irene passed through.
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New York City — Emily Santiago, right, leads Sasha Williams and Burton Chirinos as they wade through water on Lower Manhattan's South Street, where Hurricane Irene caused some flooding as the East River spilled over the seawall.
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New York City — A jogger runs through water pushed by Hurricane Irene across his path along the East River.
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New York City — Alexis Noa, right, and Efia Senior wade along a flooded South Street.
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New York City — The Noa family, including Alexis Noa, front left, and Nadine Noa, center, along with a friend Efia Senior, right, wade through a flooded South Street.
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Montauk, N.Y. — Police block the street around a utility pole downed by Hurricane Irene in Montauk on the east end of Long Island in New York.
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Annapolis, Md. — Residents look at downed power lines after Hurricane Irene. More than 4 million homes and businesses were without power Sunday morning as Hurricane Irene continued up the East Coast.
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Virginia Beach, Va. — Branches litter an alley as a result of Hurricane Irene.
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Asbury Park, N.J. — Brian Grant and Bob Bianchini, engineers from the public works department out for a safety inspection, are slammed by waves and storm surge pounding the seashore at first light Sunday.
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Washington, D.C. — The American flag flies in tatters above the U.S. Capitol after Hurricane Irene moved through the nation's capital.
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The looming threat of Hurricane Irene did not dissuade tourists from visiting Manhattan's Times Square.
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New York — A man stands in the center of a nearly deserted 7th Avenue in Manhattan.
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New York — Stranded cars are surrounded by flood waters in lower Manhattan.
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Baltimore, Md. — A street sign knocked over by Hurricane Irene.
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Virginia Beach, Va. — Denise Robinson, left, and Rich Brown clear out belongings from her severely damaged beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach.
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New York — A man crosses an empty Times Square late Saturday as Hurricane Irene approaches the region.
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New York — A road sign warns of inclement weather as a pedestrian crosses Canal St. in front of the Manhattan bridge in Lower Manhattan on Saturday.
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New York — A man wears a garbage bag to protect himself from the rain as he walks with others over the Williamsburg Bridge on Saturday.
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Lewes, Del. — A tornado generated by Hurricane Irene touched down Saturday in the Old Orchard Road and New Road area west of Lewes, Del., damaging several homes and uprooting trees.
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MESIC, N.C. — A Wayne County water rescue team maneuvers around a boat that washed inland onto Highway 304 near Mesic.
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KITTY HAWK, N.C. — Contractor Denis Hromin, who recently did construction work on Avalon Pier, inspects the structure during the onslaught of Hurricane Irene.
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HARLOWE, N.C. — Jason Justus of the Henderson County Swift Water Rescue Team checks a damaged mobile home for occupants.
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MESIC, N.C. — Floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene surround homes on Highway 304 near Mesic. A Wayne County water rescue team rescued eight people from the home in the background at right.
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NEW YORK — Evonne Krager. who had to evacuate from her apartment in Lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, walks in Times Square, near where she is staying with friends.
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NEW YORK — A security officer waits and watches in a building in New York's Financial District.
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Nags Head, N.C. — The hurricane-force winds of Irene rip the siding off homes late Saturday morning.
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Nags Head, N.C. — Damaged power lines are evident as Hurricane Irene hits the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. Irene came ashore near Cape Lookout as a weakened but still massive Category 1 hurricane, packing sustained winds of 85 mph.
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New Bern, N.C. — Several mobile homes on the North Carolina coast are damaged by the storm.
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New York — A window displays a message crafted in tape at Serenity Spa on 6th Avenue in New York City. Many stores in New York closed for the weekend due to Irene, which was expected to hit the city Sunday morning.
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Washington — Sailors attached to a cermonial guard unit run through the streets of the nation's capital during a pouring rain as Hurricane Irene approached.
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Elizabeth City, N.C. — Alora Goldsmith 10, battles the wind and rain as Hurricane Irene arrives.
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New York — People run toward the West 72nd Street subway station shortly before New York's subway system was shut down at noon Saturday in preperation for Hurricane Irene.
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Boynton Beach FL, United States — Isabella Lugli braces herself as a wave bursts onto a pier at Florida's Boynton Beach inlet, as Hurricane Irene approaches the United States.
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New York — People wait to enter a temporary shelter as Irene approaches.
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Dagsboro, Del. — More than 275 people and 75 pets ride out the storm at this American Red Cross shelter at Indian River High School.
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New York — Juliana Beasley takes her dogs, Moishe and Howard, on the subway while evacuating from Jersey City, N.J., to stay with a friend in Brooklyn. Before New York's subway system closed down in preparation for the storm, pets were allowed on trains to encourage people to evacuate.
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New York — A Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee fills an artificial barrier known as an AquaDam on Long Island Rail Road tracks at Penn Station. The barrier was installed to help keep floodwaters out of Penn Station's tunnels.
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NEW YORK — Workers place sandbags in front of the New York Stock Exchange in preparation for the storm.
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NEW YORK — As the rain begins to fall at dusk, a man walks on Broad Street near the New York Stock Exchange. Few people remained on the streets of Lower Manhattan as Irene approached.
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New York — A conductor prepares to close the doors of the last subway train out of Coney Island, an area under mandatory evacuation order in advance of Hurricane Irene.
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Cape Hatteras, N.C. — A truck plows through a flooded roadway in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Cape May, N.J. — People hurry on the boardwalk through the rain and wind as Hurricane Irene bears down.
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Ocean City, Md. — Shore birds hunker down, facing into a strong wind, while an emergency response truck makes the rounds.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun
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Virginia Beach, Va. — As Hurricane Irene spins north, a lone figure stands in the surf of the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Vicki Cronis-Nohe / The Virginian-Pilot
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Norfolk, Va. — One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to get to the beach at Willoughby Spit after the boat foundered in the waters of Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for the second person to exit the boat.
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New York — Workers board up windows at a Sprint store in the Flatiron building ahead of Hurricane Irene. The New York area is bracing for Hurricane Irene to hit late Saturday night and into Sunday.
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Norfolk, Va. — Donessa Arapi, who lives in the Colonial Place neighborhood, looks at the flood waters from the Lafayette River. She was walking through a light rain before the heavy rains and wind began later in the morning.
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Kill Devil Hills, N.C. — Defying mandatory evacuation orders and a curfew, summer residents Pam Cooke, left, and Jody Bowers share a laugh as strong winds puff up Bowers's jacket on the Outer Banks as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast.
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Rockaway Beach, N.Y. — A surfer walks into the water ahead of Hurricane Irene's arrival. Mayor Michael Bloomberg sternly warned New Yorkers to follow the city's unprecedented mandatory evacuation orders, saying the approaching hurricane is "life-threatening" and "not a joke." Some 370,000 of the city's more than 8 million residents are under orders to leave their homes in low-lying and waterfront areas, largely in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in the financial district in downtown Manhattan.
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New York — Julissa Fugeuroa, left, and Arianna Guzman, right, hug friends as they evacuate from the Jacob Riis Houses, located in a mandatory evacuation zone in Manhattan.
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New York — Residents of Far Rockaway crowd onto a bus as they evacuate the area ahead of Hurricane Irene. Some 370,000 of the city's more than 8 million residents are under orders to leave their homes in low-lying and waterfront areas, largely in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in the financial district in downtown Manhattan.
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Salisbury, Md. — Greg Richardson gives his son Zayon, 1 month old, a kiss while his wife Sherrelle Jones looks on at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.
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Wrightsville Beach, N.C. — Rhiannon Shaw, 9, tries to stay warm while checking out the beach with friends as Hurricane Irene passes through. Irene howled ashore in North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf on Saturday on a path threatening the densely populated East Coast with flooding and power outages.
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New York — Residents fill sandbags at the beach at 128th Street in the Rockaways in preparation for hurricane Irene.
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New York — Customers line up outside a store in Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg sternly warned New Yorkers to follow the city's unprecedented mandatory evacuation orders.
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Amagansett, N.Y. — A clothing store holds a hurricane fashion sale.
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New York — With the Manhattan Bridge and the lower Manhattan skyline in the background, a U-Haul truck makes its way north on FDR Drive in the torrential rain. Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with winds as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves. Farther north, Philadelphia and New York City-area authorities readied a massive shutdown of trains and airports, with 2 million people ordered out of the way.
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Nags Head, N.C. — Abandoned beachfront houses are surrounded by rising water as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt.
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Vineyard Haven, Mass. — Jay Burke of Somerset, Mass., and his stepson Morgan Reitzas Oak Bluffs, Mass., remove a boat from Lagoon Pond in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
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Nags Head, N.C. — People walk through the blowing rain and sand amid Hurricane Irene.
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Norfolk, Va. — Residents walk along the beach in the Willoughby Spit area as Hurricane Irene hits.
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Morehead City, N.C. — Waters lap at the foundation of a house along Calico Creek.
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New York — Chikh Lo, a West African, stands on a street corner selling umbrellas in preparation for Hurricane Irene.
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Morehead City, N.C. — Deborah Lewis of comes out of her home to check minor flooding.
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Frisco, N.C. — Jackie Sparnackel abandons her van and belongings near the Frisco Pier after driving up to see how the storm-battered structure was doing Saturday. Friends tried to tow her out but she was caught in an overwash. Hurricane force winds from Irene were battering the island where power has been knocked out.
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Greenville, N.C. — A vehicle avoids a downed utility pole in Greenville, N.C.
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Virginia Beach, VA. — Visitors play in the wind as Hurricane Irene passes through Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday. Federal officials are warning residents in Irene's path not to underestimate the storm after it was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it made landfall Saturday morning.
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Morehead City, N.C. — Ann and Ted Odell look outside their front door during a break in the storm Saturday.
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Nags Head, N.C. — A row of beachfront houses, some condemned before the arrival of Hurricane Irene, get lashed by wind, rain and the rising ocean.
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Norfolk, VA. — Two people were rescued from a sailboat after high seas from Hurricane Irene caused it to founder, at 9th View in Willoughby in Norfolk, Va., Saturday.
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East Hampton Village, N.Y. — East Hampton Beach lifeguard Bob Barber places warning tape on a public beach as Hurricane Irene approaches Long Island in East Hampton Village, N.Y. .
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Pawleys Island, S.C. — The sun breaks through as surfers hit the ocean Saturday morning off of Pawleys Island, S.C., after Hurricane Irene moved through the area and traveled north along the eastern Atlantic coast.
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Washington DC — President Obama gets an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington Saturday.
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WILMINGTON NC, United States — This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image, taken and released on August 26, 2011, shows Hurricane Irene approaching the Outer Banks of North Carolina as it tracks northward along the U.S. Eastern coastline. The United States urged 55 million people on its eastern seaboard to prepare for Hurricane Irene as the powerful storm packing high winds and heavy rain bore down on the North Carolina coast. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout (ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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A surfer in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, tries to position himself to ride between the pillars of a pier as Hurricane Irene moves up the eastern coast, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.
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As Hurricane Irene moved north off the coast of South Carolina, an experienced surfer takes a leap into the turbulent waters off the Isle of Palms, S.C. on Friday August 26, 2011. (AP Photo/The Post And Courier, Wade Spees)
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Boaters brave the waves and wind caused by Hurricane Irene at the Morris Island light house, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 in Folly Beach, S.C.
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Pedestrians walk past sandbags used to control possible floods at downtown Manhattan in New York, August 26, 2011. New York on Friday ordered residents in low-lying areas to evacuate before the onslaught this weekend of massive Hurricane Irene, which churned northward along the East Coast.
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New York NY, USA — The Statue of Liberty stands with a view of downtown skyline on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 in New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City orders the mandatory evacuation of around 250,000 residents in Manhattan for preparation of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)
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NEW YORK NY, United Kingdom — A shopper passes by empty shelves while looking for bottled water at a Stop and Shop at Rockaway Beach in New York, August 26, 2011. As North Carolina braced on Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the East Coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm. With more than 50 million people potentially in Irene's path, residents stocked up on food and water and worked to secure homes, vehicles and boats. States, cities, ports, oil refineries and nuclear plants scrambled to activate emergency plans. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Ocean City United States — OCEAN CITY, MD - AUGUST 26: Outdoor furniture sits in a pool at the Hilton hotel keep it from blowing away in preparation for Hurricane Irene on August 26, 2011 in Ocean City, Maryland. Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan has ordered a mandatory evacuation for thousands of residents and visitors to leave the ocean front community and Maryland's Governor O'Malley has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Irene moves up the eastern seaboard. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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ATLANTIC BEACH NC, USA — Brandon Shirley, of Atlantic Beach, sits on his porch, Friday, August 26, 2011 as rain bands start to move through Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Hurricane Irene is expected to make landfall on the North Carolina coast on Saturday. (Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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