I went to church this morning for a scheduled board meeting. We spent a good amount of time offering up payers for God’s protection for New York City.
Daily Mail
* Three deaths reported in North Carolina and two in Virginia, including an 11-year-old child
* Entire public transport system as well as five main New York City airports on lockdown
* Downgraded to category 1 storm as hurricane made landfall near Cape Lookout
* Experts say biggest danger are storm surges of up to 11ft that could hit New York City
* President declares federal emergency for New York state and warns U.S. is experiencing 'historic hurricane'
* Mayor Bloomberg tells people in evacuation zones to 'get out now' before public transportation shut down at noon
Hurricane Irene has claimed at least five lives, including one child, as it lashed parts of the U.S. East coast with ferocious 115mph wind gusts this morning.
Irene's strength waned last night as it was downgraded to a category 1 hurricane, but its brutal power proved fatal when the slow-moving storm made landfall on the outer banks of North Carolina.
Damaging winds and torrential rain have led to an unprecedented lockdown as the storm roars its way northwards toward New York, where it is expected to hit on Sunday morning, according to the National Hurricane Centre.
Three hundred seventy thousand New Yorkers were ordered to evacuate their homes and businesses as experts warned Irene could wreak havoc when it hits the Big Apple because of storm surges pushing seawater ashore and heavy rainfall causing flooding.
The nation's largest subway system and arriving flights at the five main New York City-area airports were halted at noon on Saturday as Hurricane Irene spun its way up the Eastern Seaboard, threatening 20 per cent of the U.S. population.
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