America: Many states

New York governor Andrew Cuomo on August 25 announced a state of emergency in the state in preparation for the impact of Hurricane Irene.

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The above measure is an administrative decision to facilitate cooperation between government agencies and pave the way for federal level assistance.

Irene storm is entering the United States.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called on residents to prepare to move to higher ground, and said that some areas of the city could receive evacuation orders.

The governors of the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey also issued a state of emergency before the storm came. At a large port in Virginia, the US Navy ordered the ships to be shipped offshore because there would be better boats to cope with the storm.

The regional authorities along the southeastern coast of the United States began to evacuate people and tourists as the powerful storm Irene was about to advance to the area. Earlier, weather forecasters issued a storm warning for most of North Carolina's coastal area, when the storm hit the Bahamas with winds of up to 185km / h.

Currently Irene storm is ranked third on the scale of the year and the US National Hurricane Center is classified as "dangerous". The storm is expected to increase in intensity and move along the East Coast of the United States starting August 27.

Director of the Federal Emergency Response Agency, Craig Fugate, said that Irene would not only be a coastal storm and would have influence on the continent with heavy rain and strong winds that flooded, and could do pour trees and cause power outages.