Hurricane Irene, Historical floods, claimed 29 lives in United States

WILMINGTON: The Hurricane Irene following Historical floods claimed atleast 29 lives as the United states limped back to normal. The state of Vermont on Monday battled historic flooding that swamped town centers.

Major cities including New York took unprecedented evacuation measures and were largely spared the full wrath of Hurricane Irene, which was downgraded on Sunday to a tropical storm as it drenched a vast stretch of the US East Coast.

Hurricane Irene marks first big US threat in years

MIAMI: US faces a new weather threat since three years as rapidly intensifying hurricane Irene which has already cut a destructive path through the Caribbean.

According to predictions by the US National Hurricane Center in Miami the Irene was likely to become a major Category 3 hurricane Tuesday.