The sweep of the US east coast from North Carolina to New England is bracing itself for a hurricane of historic magnitude this weekend, with power cuts and public transport shutdowns anticipated that could last for days or even weeks.
As many as 65 million people could be in harm's way as hurricane Irene begins its slow crawl along the entire east coast.
Irene was downgraded to a category two storm early on Friday, with 105 mph winds, but authorities said repeatedly it would be folly for people on its path to think they were in the clear. Meteorologists warned them for people on the east coast, this would be the storm of their lifetimes.
For more: Hurricane Irene threatens to plunge US east coast into major power blackout | World news | guardian.co.uk
No comments:
Post a Comment