Irene: The name given to a hurricane which hit USA in the last week of August 2011
Tropical storm Irene slammed New York with strong winds and heavy rain after battering the eastern coast of the US where it left at least 14 people dead and millions without power. An emergency was declared in eight affected states on the eastern coast even as the hurricane monitors said windspeeds have diminished as the storm moved north.
America's economic nerve centre New York virtually shut down as New Yorkers prepared for the onslaught of violent winds and flooding. Irene means peace.
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