Hurricane Irene - Jocelyn Ramirez

Hurricane Irene, a ferocious and slow-moving storm, smashed into North Carolina, then slowly swirled its way up the Eastern Seaboard, flooding low-lying areas, knocking out power to as many as 1 million residents. More than ten thousand people were evacuated. The evacuation began in North Carolina island ahead of hurricane Irene. Authorities still expect the storm to affect almost every state along the East Coast such as Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and many other states. Irene is so strong that it was category 4 hurricane. That could make Irene even more dangerous and potentially devastating costing billions of dollars in damages.