Hurricane Irene is re-emerging over Atlantic waters after battering the North Carolina coast Saturday.
Currently a Category One storm with maximum sustained winds of 80 m.p.h., Irene is anticipated to remain a hurricane as it passes over the mid-Atlantic states and into New England.
The system is expected to churn its way up the U.S. east coast and arrive in the NY-NJ-CT tri-state area late Saturday, where coastal evacuations and mass transit shutdowns are underway.
As of 11 p.m. Saturday, Irene's U.S. death toll stood at eight people, including a boy who was killed when a tree fell on his apartment. Follow our US & World blog for the latest news updates as Hurricane Irene heads north.
NORFOLK, VA, SATURDAY MORNING
• Surge flooding
• Flash flooding from rainfall
• Damaging wind gusts
OCEAN CITY, MD, LATE SATURDAY
• Damaging wind
• Coastal flooding
• Extreme rainfall
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., LATE SATURDAY
• Damaging wind
• Coastal flooding
• Extreme rainfall
NEW YORK CITY, NEW JERSEY, LONG ISLAND -- LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING
• Damaging winds with 85 mph gusts, particularly around skyscrapers
• Extreme rainfall
• Urban and coastal flooding
• Transit interruptions
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