Why are we covering this hurricane...Well close to 1000 veiwers have emailed us asking what is going on...Some may not be able to keep up with the news or what not...So with that many people asking and wondering about their friends and family along the Eastern Coast we have decided to bring you info off and on....For the latest watch TWC or a major news network as we won't be here every second....
The latest in Irene as of 4:00 PM
Hurricane Irene is located about 50 Miles South/Southwest of Norfolk VA.
Sustained winds are 80 MPH
Irene is slowly moving North/Northeast at about 13 MPH…
Pressure reading is at 950 MB…
Irene may not be that strong of a hurricane, however this storm is big… Hurricane winds extend outwards up to 85 miles from the center….Also Tropical winds extend outward up to 290 miles…. So far there has been 3 related deaths that we are aware of from hurricane Irene, this number will surely end up going up.….Many people are without power ..There has been major flooding…. This will be the story as Irene makes its way toward the New England states, by then Irene should weaken more and it should become an post tropical storm system…
Onece again this may not be that strong of a storm, however it is one of the most danagerous ones...For reasons stated above...People in the path of this Hurricane should move to higher ground now....The flooding is going to be and has been. a real problem with high tides and tons of rainfall....
Below are radar grabs we have been getting throughout the day….Many more will come…We used our GRLEVEL2 radar as we can see the finer details compared to GRLEVEL 3 radar……
