hurricane tracker: storm Irene 2011
Increased the power of Hurricane Irene, the first major hurricane in the season in the Atlantic, the night before last, go to category 3 with the invasion of southern Bahamas and reached the east coast of the United States yesterday. The U.S. National Center for hurricanes in the report, said that the warnings of the hurricane and tropical storm was launched in part of the country's east coast early Monday with Hurricane Irene moved over the northwestern Bahamas. The hurricane warning was issued from the coast of North Carolina from north of Surf City to the border between the states of North Carolina and Virginia. The center said that the warning was issued a tropical storm from the northern region Adisto Beach in South Carolina to Surf City, North Carolina. The hurricane was located yesterday at dawn EST of the United States (0900 GMT) at a distance of 1180 kilometers south of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina and reached the maximum wind speed to within 185 km per hour.