Hurricane Irene Effects

Sunday morning, the edge of Hurricane Irene, a category 3 hurricane, hit near Little Egg

Inlet NJ and continued to move northward right along the Jersey shore. At least 30 people have

died in the turmoil of what is one of the few hurricanes to have hit New Jersey since 1903.

There is no exact counts in deaths since the states will not finish counting deaths until Friday

because of possible further flooding. Localities have reported millions worth of damage and at

least 60 million people affected, but they are expected to finish by the end of this week. The hurricane has flooded may people out of their homes and left about 200 people without power and without electricity. Airports reopened on Monday and about 11,238 people have had to reschedule a canceled flight. The damage has caused this unstable economy to be worse off than before and could take a while until it gets earned back.