Hurricane Irene advances towards east coast, New York evacuated
As Hurricane Irene advances towards the east coast, New York was evacuated on emergency basis. On Saturday about 1.8 million residents faced rampant power outages. Nearly 2 million people were evacuated from New Jersey and 300,000 from New York.
A DEATHLY silence has grappled New York and petrified residents await their fate as Hurricane Irene moves towards the north, slowly. Public transportation in the financial district has been halted and Mayor Michael Bloomberg was quoted saying that people who have not evacuated yet, it’s late for them.
So far, eight people have been reported dead as a consequence of the winds at a speed of 80 miles/hour (130km/hour). Irene will hit out at New York at the same speed on Sunday.
Since Saturday, about 1.8 million residents have been facing severe power cuts as the 800 km wide Hurricane Irene as its covers the east coast.
From New Jersey, about two million people have been evacuated and 300,000 more were told to evacuate at the earliest possible.
On the people who had not left homes, Mayor Bloomberg was quoted saying by the local media that they positions should be still until the storm recedes. He was further quoted saying that The edge of the hurricane is finally upon us and the time for evacuations is over. At this point, if you haven't evacuated, our suggestion is you stay where you are.
The east coast forms an area, which is inhabited by more than 65 million people across major cities like Washington DC in the south to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston further north, the highest in the country.
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