Update as of 12:03 p.m., ET, Aug. 28: Irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is heading into New England. CNN reports over 3 million people in 5 states without power and, sadly, at least 12 ...

Evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas on Wednesday with the U.S. East Coast in its sights, in a ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Monday marks six years since a powerful and deadly storm, Irene. The storm battered the east coast and was the first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Hurricane Irene is expected to make landfall near Morehead City, North Carolina, on Saturday morning before powering up the east coast. Irene will likely be a borderline category 2-3 storm at that ...