Hurricane Irene kills nine
Early estimates suggest it has also caused billions in damage.
Damage and Flooding Scar Atlantic Seaboard - NYTimes.com
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The hurricane also quickly contributed to at least nine deaths. In Maryland, a person in Queen Anne’s County died after a tree fell on a house, The Associated Press reported. In North Carolina, five people died: one whose car hydroplaned and hit a tree, one was hit by a falling tree limb, a third died when a tree fell on their car, another was killed in a car accident and one had a heart attack while nailing up plywood. Three more people died in Virginia: in Newport News, a fallen tree crashed through the roof of an apartment building and killed an 11-year-old boy; in Brunswick County, a tree fell on a car and killed a man; and the most recent death was caused by toppled trees.
By early Sunday, the massive storm was continuing north at about 17 miles an hour — speeding up slightly — and producing tornado watches and warnings from Delaware to New York City. Laurie Hogan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s operations on Long Island, said that the storm was expected to hit a little after 8 a.m. on Sunday. It was expected to cause storm surges of seven feet at the southern tip of Staten Island, and of more than five feet at Battery Park, at the bottom of Manhattan.
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