Live updates: Hurricane Irene belts the East Coast

Hurricane Irene, a Texas-sized tropical storm packing massive amounts of rains, has begun its assault on North Carolina. From there, forecasters are calling for Irene to slowly churn northward to the densely-populated areas of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Some 55 million people from the Carolinas to Cape Cod could be impacted. Yahoo!

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Live updates: Hurricane Irene belts the East Coast

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