08-27-2011, 04:24 PM
Ocean City, Maryland (CNN) -- North Carolina and Virginia dealt with widespread power outages, flooding, deaths and damage Saturday as Hurricane Irene continued its northward trek along the East Coast, with Norfolk, Virginia, and the Hampton Roads area next in its sights.
Nearly 1 million power customers were without electricity in North Carolina and Virginia because of the storm Saturday afternoon, according to state and utility reports. More than a million people had evacuated from New Jersey alone.
The storm caused at least three deaths in North Carolina and one in Virginia. On Saturday, a motorist drove into standing water, lost control and hit a tree in Pitt County. In Nash County, a man died when a tree limb fell on him as he was feeding livestock. Another man died Friday preparing his Onslow County home for Irene, emergency managers said.
In Newport News, Virginia, a child died after a tree fell on an apartment building, police said.
fuck.
Nearly 1 million power customers were without electricity in North Carolina and Virginia because of the storm Saturday afternoon, according to state and utility reports. More than a million people had evacuated from New Jersey alone.
The storm caused at least three deaths in North Carolina and one in Virginia. On Saturday, a motorist drove into standing water, lost control and hit a tree in Pitt County. In Nash County, a man died when a tree limb fell on him as he was feeding livestock. Another man died Friday preparing his Onslow County home for Irene, emergency managers said.
In Newport News, Virginia, a child died after a tree fell on an apartment building, police said.
fuck.