While sources state the storm might pass directly over New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is encouraging residents in low-lying areas to temporarily relocate to higher grounds this weekend. Irene is expected to hit Sunday, and Bloomberg will announce Friday whether inhabitants of “Zone A” will need to evacuate the area.
NJ. com reported that Hurricane Irene moved through the Bahamas Thursday morning with 115 mile per hour winds, making it approximately 30 miles from New York. The storm is also expected to cause severe alteration to New Jersey, producing torrential rain, hazardous rip currents and beach erosion, stated National Weather Meteorologists Dean Iovino and Michael Gorse.
Hurricane Irene is also expected to approach the North Carolina coast within the next couple of days.
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This map will help you track Hurricane Irene, the first of the 2011 season in the Atlantic, as it moves up the East Coast of the United States. The map shows the storm's current position and likely path as projected by NOAA's National Hurricane Center. The map is updated continuously.
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