There’s a new storm to watch, this time threatening New Orleans and surrounding areas.
National Guard helicopters flew over Vermont on Tuesday to airlift food, water and supplies to besieged towns that are isolated due to washed out bridges and highways.
Floodwaters care little about history. That much is certain.
“Every storm comes up with a surprise. In this case it was one where it went downhill.” — BILL READ, National Hurricane Center director, explaining there is still plenty of ground to cover in forecasting hurricanes, but he would rather have a storm weaken than strengthen (via CNN)
In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene heavy flooding inundated Vermont’s central and southern villages and took down infrastructures. The state was unprepared, as it had not seen such floods since the 1900s.
As Irene stormed in, so did the newborns at one hospital along the hurricane’s path.
In its wake, Hurricane Irene, well, left behind a lot of water, and most importantly, Señor Miguel Bloombito.
Irene continues her path up the eastern seaboard, bringing driving rain and gale-force winds to some of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas. Click to see Sunday’s updates on Irene’s path and destruction.
TIME follows the eye of the potentially devastating hurricane as she makes landfall on the eastern coast of the United States. Refresh this page to see the latest on Irene’s path and destruction. See TIME’s coverage of Day 2 of Irene.
As many as 370,000 people have been ordered to evacuate low-lying areas of New York City, But if you belong to one segment of New York’s population you will be staying put, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s instructions.
