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Rising water and waves from Hurricane Irene surround a beachfront house Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Hampton Bays, N.Y. Forecasters said the storm remained capable of causing ruinous flooding with a combination of storm surge, high tides and 6 to 12 inches of rain.

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A home on Fairfield Beach Road is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn., as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011.

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A car sits submerged on Main Street in Hightstown, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Peddie Lake overflowed from Hurricane Irene. Businesses and shops along the street were flooded.

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Residents on Foster Street in South Windsor, Conn., look over the mess of wires and down utility poles that were brought down during Irene, the hurricane that weakened to a tropical storm, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Waves crash over waterfront condominiums in the Fort Trumbull section of Milford, Conn., Sunday Aug. 28, 2011.

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A person searches for anyone who may be occupying the building as raging flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene cross Route 100, closing the main road to traffic in Waitsfield, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Nick Grassett walks through floodwater that rose above the banks of the St. Jones River in Dover, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene dumped several inches of rain along the Delaware coast overnight.

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A washed-out road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge — AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

A washed-out road is seen partially submerged in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Delaware coast overnight.

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Thor Anderson walks past a sailboat that floated into his yard as Hurricane Irene arrived on Aug. 28, 2011, in Hampton Bays, N.Y.

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Melvin Flores uses a pail to scoop floodwaters out of his utility roo — AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Melvin Flores, 35, uses a pail to scoop floodwaters out of his utility room in his apartment after rain from Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Little Falls, N.J.

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A downed tree lies across the road in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Aug. 28, 2011, as residents assess the damage caused by Hurricane Irene.

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Grand Street and West Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan is flooded, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in New York.

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A car speeds along Conklin Avenue past an upside down Hurricane Evacuation Route sign on August 28, 2011 in Farmingdale, N.Y. Hurricane Irene made a second landfall in New Jersey and swept up to New York City and Long Island early this morning, battering the northeast with high winds and rain.

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Ken Thompson, right, and Ray Morrison make their way toward their house along a seawall as winds from Tropical Storm Irene batter the shore in Fairhaven, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Grand St. and West Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan is flooded, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in New York.

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A police car drives through floodwater on Coney Island after Hurricane Irene hit, in New York, Aug. 28, 2011.

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A man walks in Times Square as Hurricane Irene arrives in New York, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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A woman walks by downed trees in Brooklyn during heavy rain and winds from Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011, in New York.

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The Coney Island boardwalk in New York is obscured by sand and rain as Hurricane Irene reached the area Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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Waves crash over the shore during high tide during a storm surge from Hurricane Irene in Bayshore, N.Y., on Long Island, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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A man walks around in the rain in New York, Aug. 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the city and tri-state area with rain and high winds.

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A man walks along Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and thousands of people without power.

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This image, made available by the NASA/NOAA GOES Project, shows Hurricane Irene on the East Coast of the United States at 7:40 p.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2011. The hurricane made landfall 12 hours earlier in North Carolina.

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Hurricane Irene's outer bands reach Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011. Hurricane Irene has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it nears the North Carolina coast but forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

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Abandoned beach front houses are surrounded by rising water as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt in Nags Head, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011.

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Jarod Wilton looks at the flood waters rising to his doorstep on Aug. 27, 2011, in Alliance, N.C., as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast.

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The Arr-Mac water rescue team from Wayne County maneuvers around a beached boat in the middle of Hwy. 304 on Aug. 27, 2011, in Mesic, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. New York City emptied its streets and subways and waited with an eerie quiet.

Blowing sand and rain are seen on the beach as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt in Nags Head, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011.

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Jackie Sparnackel has to abandon her van and her belongings near the Frisco Pier after she drove up to see how the storm-battered structure was doing Aug. 27, 2011, in Frisco, N.C. Friends tried to tow her out but she was caught in an overwash. Hurricane force winds from Irene were battering the island where power has been knocked out.

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People run from the beach in Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. Wind and rain have knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers in North Carolina and Virginia.

More than 2 million people have been ordered told to evacuate to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

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Alex Askew, right, takes a photo of Kris Bush while they look over the beach during Hurricane Irene Aug. 27, 2011, in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Hurricane Irene hit Dare County, which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, as a category one hurricane early Saturday.

A sea bird struggles for life in the leeward side of a dune in Frisco, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene pounds the N.C. coast.

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A boarded up restaurant is seen behind palm trees as they bend in the strong winds on the Outer Banks in Duck, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast.

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The Berkeley Mall in Goldsboro, N.C. suffered a major collapse in the atrium section of the shopping center Aug. 27, 2011, from Hurricane Irene.

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Waves move onto the beach as the Hurricane Irene approaches in Nags Head, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and thousands of people without power.

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Traffic lights swing in the wind in Kill Devil Hills on Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene approaches the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. Hurricane Irene blasted ashore near Cape Lookout, North Carolina on Saturday, a weakened but still massive category one storm that has sent tens of thousands of Americans fleeing for safety. Irene packed sustained winds of 85 miles an hour as it made landfall near the southern end of a slender chain of barrier islands that ring the North Carolina Coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

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An outdoor advertising sign and several mobile homes were damaged by winds in New Bern, N.C. on Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast.

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A vehicle avoids a downed utility pole on Woodlawn St. as Hurricane Irene hits Greenville, N.C., on Aug. 27, 2011. Thousands of residents of eastern N.C. are without power as Hurricane Irene moves through the area.

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Boats are bashed against the shore and a dock in Morehead City, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast.

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Vehicles sit in flood waters at a auto repair shop in North Carolina, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the state's coast. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms.

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Resident Tony Silverthorne, who chose not to evacuate, has his drink in the wind and rain at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and thousands of people without power.

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National Hurricane Center meteorologist David Zelinsky watches live weather radar at the center in Miami, that shows the eye of Hurricane Irene coming ashore at Cape Lookout, N.C., at about 7:30 a.m. EDT, Aug. 27, 2011. Forecasters warned Irene, currently category 1, would remain a hurricane as it moves up the mid-Atlantic coast, and then toward the New York City area and New England.

Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and watches were posted farther north, on the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard off Massachusetts. Evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

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President Barack Obama during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center on Aug. 27, 2011, as officials monitored Hurricane Irene as it swept up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

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The scene in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall on the Outer Banks as a Category 1 storm.

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The canopy from the Days Inn blew off Aug. 27, 2011, in Washington, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. New York City emptied its streets and subways and waited with an eerie quiet.

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A sign torn down by hurricane winds is shown in a parking lot in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast.

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A travel trailer tipped over into a flooded area on Hwy 55, Aug. 27, 2011, in New Bern, N.C. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. New York City emptied its streets and subways and waited with an eerie quiet.

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Yve Morris, 21, braves the blowing sand as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt in Nags Head, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011.

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Residents stand on a pier after Hurricane Irene pulled all the water away and into the Albemarle Sound on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Residents are expecting serious flooding when Irene passes and the tail end of the hurricane will flood the homes seen at rear.

Power lines lie twisted and snapped along U.S. 301 as high winds, and heavy rain pounds Wilson, N.C., on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Tonie Goldsmith and her daughter Alora 10, play in high wind and rain as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt in Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011.

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Waters lap at the foundation of a house along Calico Creek Aug. 27, 2011, in Morehead City, N.C.. Hurricane Irene, a category 1 storm, is making landfall on the North Carolina coast.

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A man drives his car through a flooded street in New Bern, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms.

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An American flag flying outside a hotel is shredded by wind and rain from Hurricane Irene Aug. 27, 2011, in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

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Waves from Hurricane Irene crash on the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 27, 2011.

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A stranded sailboat founders in the surf along the Willoughby Spit area of Norfolk, Va. as Hurricane Irene hits Norfolk, Va., Aug. 27, 2011. The couple living aboard the vessel attempted to outrun the storm and got caught up in the high surf and wind. They were rescued by local fire and rescue personnel.

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A car crosses the Great Bridge in Chesapeake, Va., during heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Irene approaches the region on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Even before the hurricane made landfall, it caused damage: Ken Williams, right, calls 911 after a billboard fell on a metal car port at Wells Transmission in Wilmington, N.C., during a sweep of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 26, 2011. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

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Harold Wright, with the City of Wilmington, N.C., clears a pecan tree off 25th Street after the first bands of Hurricane Irene brought the tree down on Aug. 26, 2011. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

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People walk along the beach near Cherry Grove pier in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., as the Hurricane Irene passes on Aug. 27, 2011.

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A section of the wall lays fallen at Jolly Roger at the Inlet in Ocean City, Md., Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene moves up the East Coast.

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Water rises on a street in Ocean City, Md., Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms.

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Residents fill bags of sand as they prepare for Hurricane Irene in Annapolis, Md., Aug. 27, 2011. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered about 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

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Workers load sandbags into vehicles during a sandbag distribution to residents in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene near R.F.K. Stadium on Aug. 27, 2011, in Washington. Hurricane Irene made landfall this morning in North Carolina and is expected to move up the east coast of the United States.

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A tornado as a result of Hurricane Irene touched down in the Old Orchard Road and New Road area west of Lewes, Del., Aug. 27, 2011, damaging several homes and uprooting trees.

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Charles Foster of Long Neck, Del., relaxes with a book as he joins over 275 other people who checked into the Red Cross center at Indian River High School to ride out Hurricane Irene, in Dagsboro, Del., Aug. 27, 2011.

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A resident stops along Bethany Beach to get a snap shot of the waves as Hurricane Irene continues its northern movement towards Delaware, Aug. 27, 2011.

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People talk at a sandbagged entrance of the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant, which is situated next to the Schuylkill river, as the establishment prepares for Hurricane Irene in Philadelphia on Aug. 27, 2011. Residents in rain-soaked Philadelphia and other areas of eastern Pennsylvania braced for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, stocking up on supplies and securing their properties, as officials declared a state of emergency, called out the National Guard and readied emergency shelters.

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People stand at the end of a street Aug. 27, 2011, in Cape May, N.J., looking at a stormy Atlantic as Hurricane Irene arrives. Hurricane-force winds and drenching rains from Irene battered the North Carolina coast early Saturday as the storm began its potentially catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard.

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A sign warns commuters on the northbound side of the New Jersey Turnpike of the incoming Hurricane Irene as the state braced itself for the storm, Aug. 27, 2011, Elizabeth, N.J.

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People line up with their luggage as they wait to enter a temporary shelter in New York on Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene approaches. The hurricane is expected New York City by late Saturday or Sunday. The city has ordered mandatory evacuations for hundreds of thousands of residents living in low-lying areas, including Lower Manhattan.

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Sandbags line drains along 8th Avenue in New York in preparation for Hurricane Irene, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York.

The city's mass transit system shut down midday Saturday.

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A sign hangs on plastic tape blocking the entrance to the Chambers Street subway station Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. In anticipation of a large storm or hurricane hitting the city, the New York City mass transit network, the nation's largest, closed at noon on Saturday, ending subway, bus, and commuter rail service until Monday. There are approximately 370,000 city residents in low lying areas are under a mandatory evacuation order ahead of Hurricane Irene.

According to New York radio station 1010 WINS, the region's airports are experiencing major cancellations. Your best bet is to check with your airline for the status of your flight or to check out the link below for the NY Port Authority's airport website.

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People wait at Penn Station in New York, where there was very limited transportation due to Hurricane Irene, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York.

Amtrak's website advised travelers that service reductions and cancellations are anticipated. Check out Amtrak's website (link below) for updates.

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Pedestrians walk past Grand Central Terminal, which is closed in advance of Hurricane Irene, in New York, on Aug. 27, 2011. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected.

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