Nine dead as New York takes Irene’s Rage Now
August 28, 2011
News worldwide — Hurricane Irene is now showing its fury to New York. For now it has hit New York Manhattan’s skyscrapers with aggressive winds and intimidating to flood the fiscal area after killing at least 9 people along the US east coast.
The 1st hurricane to smash the Big Apple for a generation cleared in instant local time, escorted by fast, reports of tornados and loud rainfall.
Wind power raised gradually and was estimated to cross the 80km/h mark before dawn, then up to a peak of 130km/h.
On Sunday Subway trains, buses and the famous Staten Island ferry all closed, and so did all close airports, paralyzing the state’s main city.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a press conference that running from the storm was no longer possible.
At this point, if you haven’t evacuated, our suggestion is you stay where you are, he said.
Reports suggest that 9 people died in car accidents, heart attack and because of falling trees in Virginia, Florida and North Carolina.
An 11 years old boy died when a tree fell and crashed through his apartment in Virginia.
For New York the biggest danger g Hurricane Irene was via the flood caused not just because of tropical-style rainfall, but a surge of wind-driven seawater pushing up from the Atlantic, especially at high tide early on Sunday.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
