Hurricane Irene continued to rage the United States

Hurricane Irene on August 27 caused power outages and destruction of jetties in North Carolina, whipping Virginia with strong winds and sweeping the coast before attacking US cities that were more accustomed to blizzards than tropical storms. At least 8 people were killed in connection with the storm.

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According to the Associated Press , with the majority of the transportation network ceasing to operate, the easternmost coastal states of America were thrilled to follow the storm's progress through a large area of ​​about 65 million people. The storm has a range of more than 800 kilometers, stretching from North and South Carolina to Cod Bay in the northeast of the United States, with winds of more than 185 km / h.

Nearly 1 million homes and businesses lost power. At least eight people were killed, including an 11-year-old boy in Virginia, killed by a fallen tree, killed in the storm-related accidents in the eastern US coast.

Hurricane Irene triggered waves of more than 2 meters with a warning about the threat of alcoholic waves on the coasts of Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and in New York harbor as well as the Long Island Strait. In the northeast, which suffers from heavy rains this summer, the ground is full of water, increasing the risk of flooding here.

Irene storm officially landed just before dawn near Lookout Bay, North Carolina, at the southern end of the Outer Banks, the stretch of land reaching the Atlantic Ocean. Hotels and coastal houses suffer from strong waves. Two jetties were destroyed and at least one hospital was forced to run a generator.

By the evening of August 27, the storm weakened with wind down to about 130 km / hour, down to level 1, the lowest level in the US storm scale. The center of the storm was pinpointed between North Carolina and Virginia in the Atlantic Ocean.

After the Outer Banks, the storm struck Virginia with strong rain and wind. The storm affected the entire Hampton area, which consisted of many small islands, rivers and flood prone, and headed north to Cheaspeake Bay.

This was the first storm to hit the US since 2008, and occurred six years after Katrina devastated New Orleans. At least 2.3 million people were ordered to evacuate to safer places.

The US military said there were 101,000 active soldiers, ready to respond when needed and appoint three military bases in three states as a deployment site, according to AFP news agency.

In New York, the government actively stopped the city's activities. The subway system began to stop operating from noon on August 27. Earlier, the mayor of the city ordered an evacuation of 370,000 people, and the neighboring state of New Jersey state evacuated more than 1 million people.

Five airports in the region, including La Guardia, John F. Kennedy, Newark and two other small airports, have ceased operations.

Airlines said 9,000 flights were canceled. Firms did not say how many passengers were affected, but perhaps millions of people could not get to where they needed to go to the East Coast of the United States. Greyhound stops the bus service between Richmond, in Virginia state, and Boston. Amtrak stopped trains in the northeast region on August 28.

Power outages affect 900,000 households and businesses, mainly in Virginia and North Carolina.

About 65 million people live in urban corridors from Washington to Boston, and experts estimate the cost of remedying the storm could reach $ 12 billion, according to AFP.

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