NAGUA, Dominican RepublicNAGUA, Dominican Republic — A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene roared off the Dominican Republic’s resort-dotted northern coast on Monday, whipping up high waves and ...

Update as of 12:03 p.m., ET, Aug. 28: Irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is heading into New England. CNN reports over 3 million people in 5 states without power and, sadly, at least 12 ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The 5pm weather advisory from the National Hurricane Center places Hurricane Irene into southeastern North Carolina by Saturday morning. Irene is currently moving at 80mph, ...

The 11-state death toll from Hurricane Irene, later downgraded to a tropical storm, rose dramatically Monday. As the cleanup and recovery effort began, authorities tracing Irene’s destructive path ...

Two nuclear power reactors which were shut down as Hurricane Irene swept up the east coast of the USA have now been restarted. Exelon's single-unit Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey was taken offline ...

Photo by cruffo Organizers for the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial announced yesterday plans for a much smaller dedication ceremony on October 16. The rescheduled ceremony, nearly two months after ...

Before, during and after the arrival of Hurricane Irene to NewYork City this weekend, the staff of the Home Reporter andBrooklyn Spectator went out and grabbed snapshots of howthis storm was affecting ...

The mayor called Irene the second-worst storm he has seen in recent years. “The worst one I’ve seen since I’ve been here is in ’03 — Isabel,” Mahoney said. That storm had been a Category 5 hurricane, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. • Hurricane Irene continued on a path that would take it east of Florida, heading toward the Bahamas where it is forecast to arrive as a major ...