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Hurricane Irene Hits US East Coast - Aug. 28, 2011
Days after withstanding a rare earthquake, large swaths of the densely populated U.S. East Coast have weathered Irene, a once-powerful hurricane later downgraded to a tropical storm. Irene drenched New York Sunday after coming ashore over coastal areas farther south. At least 18 deaths are blamed on the storm, which prompted a massive mobilization of federal, state and local governments.
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Floodwaters from the Albemarle Sound rise over a mini golf course at dusk on the Outer Banks in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene leaves the North Carolina coast. Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Vir
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Two Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trains sit in water on flooded tracks at Trenton train station Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Trenton, New Jersey, as rains from Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams. (AP Photo
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Two residents walk on their road which was not passable after the effects of Hurricane Irene dropped trees in their neighborhood in Massapequa, N.Y., on Long Island, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Brian Brown, left, of California, Md., and Ryan Frederick, of Hollywood, Md., wade through floodwater in Leonardtown, Md., after Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)