![]() Lobstermen began moving their fishing gear farther offshore to avoid damage amid expectations of 30-foot seas.No evacuations planned since path uncertain.Potential for flooding rains and gusty winds. Heavy rain expected to start Saturday night.Forecasters predict Irene to reach northern New England Sunday night.Surfer is killed Saturday off the central Florida coast afterīeing tossed off his board by heavy waves caused by hurricane.State opened shelters in all three counties. ![]() Governor says Indian River Inlet Bridge to close Saturday afternoon to all but emergency traffic.Last hurricane to hit was Floyd in 1999.Governor orders mandatory evacuation of coastal areas.Storm center to pass near the New Jersey/Delaware coast around 8 a.m.Irene likely to cause prolonged power outages and flooding in low-lying areas along the shoreline.President Barack Obama and governor declare state of emergency.Millstone nuclear power plant to be shut down if winds exceed 90 mph.Fairfield ordered a mandatory evacuation for shoreline residents as of noon Saturday, affecting 5,000 to 6,000 people.Storm's track forecast through central parts of Connecticut. Irene predicted to make landfall Sunday between New Jersey and Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.Here's a state-by-state glance on how it's affected states along the Eastern Seaboard: Hurricane Irene thrashed North Carolina and Virginia, knocking out power and piers and killing at least five people, as it rolled up the East Coast on Saturday.
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