Irene Arrives: Photos of the Storm's Impact Across the East Coast

Irene Hits New York

Tropical storm Irene arrived in New York Saturday morning. Though she toppled trees and caused flooding in some areas, she did not cause the sort of dramatic damage that had been feared. Here, a woman and a child sit on a public bench among floodwater on Rockway Beach Sunday.
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Natural Water Park

A child plays near a flooded parking lot in Long Beach Sunday. Irene cut power to more than 4 million people across the east coast, including 1 million in New York and New Jersey.

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Large Green Victims

Irene brought down trees throughout New York and across the east coast. Here, Claus Espinosa (left) and Miguel Aguado from Spain make the most of a downed tree in Central Park Sunday.
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Coastal Flooding

Waves crash around a Southhampton, N.Y., home as Irene makes her grand entrance Sunday morning. Though damage was less than expected, some neighborhoods in the New York area were seriously affected. Firefighters in boats rescued more than 60 people from five-foot floodwaters on Staten Island.
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Battery Park Gets Battered

Water from New York Harbor washes over a sidewalk in Battery Park on Sunday. Wind, storm surge, and high tides caused some flooding but not the level predicted amid mandatory evacuation Saturday.
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Going to the Dogs

New York residents who called into WNYC reported that the streets were empty with the exception of people walking their dogs early Sunday morning. Here two dogs find relief in Brooklyn's wet streets.
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Irene Is for Lovers

As wind and rain from Hurricane Irene poured down early Sunday, SoHo residents Amy Eagle (right) and Rich Thompson embraced on the World Financial Center Esplanade. Irene made a second landfall near Atlantic City, N.J., early Sunday morning, battering the northeast with high winds and rain.
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Flooding in New Jersey

Water from Hurricane Irene flooded neighborhoods in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey.
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Sigh of Relief

In Virginia Beach, felled branches and broken power lines appear to be among the worst damage from the storm—early reports suggest that most damages to the area were minor.

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Bent, Not Broken

A large fallen tree left one Virginia Beach area home curiously intact. Residents in the Hampton Roads area without power have been warned that it could take weeks to restore.

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A Once-Historic Home in North Carolina

Billy Stinson searches for his belonging in a pile of debris that was once his cottage on Sunday in Nags Head, N.C. The cottage, built in 1903, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Irene made landfall on the North Carolina coast Saturday before moving up the coast.
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Close Call

A tree felled by the hurricane blocked Vermont St. in Northwest Washington, D.C., Sunday but politely fell between two vehicles parked underneath. Most major roads, bridges, and tunnels in the D.C. metro area have reopened, though many smaller streets are still impassable.
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Star-Tattered Banner

The flag over the U.S. Capitol was shredded but intact after Irene tore through Washington, D.C. About 500,000 homes and businesses in the area did not have power on Sunday morning.
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Crossed Signals

Irene managed to pull down a street sign in Baltimore, but as in many other areas, the damage was less severe than originally forecast.

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Pier Review

An Ocean City pier sustained damage from heavy waves Sunday, though residents were largely unaffected based on early reports. Talk that Ocean City would cut off power at 5 p.m. Saturday proved baseless.

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Blue Skies Again

As the sun rose Sunday morning in Virginia Beach, the clouds were beginning to part. Based on an early survey of damage, fears of Irene’s wrath appeared to have been greatly exaggerated. Hazards persist after the storm, however, officials warned.

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