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National Hurricane Center meteorologist David Zelinsky watches weather radar that shows the eye of Hurricane Irene as it nears North Carolina’s Outer Banks Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at the hurricane center in Miami. 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. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)Hurricane Irene made landfall in the United States; the storm would be responsible for 49 total deaths and more than $14 billion in damage.
Originally published at Associated Press