Hurricane Irene - CBS News Special Report - 2011-08-28
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:02] the ire of Irene the massive hurricane
[0:05] barrels up the east coast and flies over
[0:08] the biggest city in America from the
[0:11] Carolinas to New England some streets
[0:13] are flooded Millions have lost power and
[0:16] that power could be out for days Irene's
[0:19] no longer a hurricane but it's a storm
[0:21] that still has miles to go
[0:29] this is a CBS News special report I'm
[0:32] Scott Pelley at CBS News headquarters in
[0:34] New York good morning Irene is making
[0:37] her New York debut she hit land here
[0:39] just before nine this morning in Coney
[0:41] Island downgraded from a hurricane to a
[0:44] tropical storm but still packing Winds
[0:46] of up to 65 miles an hour Irene first
[0:49] made landfall in North Carolina
[0:50] yesterday as a category one hurricane
[0:53] and on her Trek up the East Coast she
[0:56] has brought heavy rain and flooding and
[0:58] left Millions without power at this hour
[1:01] the center of the tropical storm is
[1:03] centered north of New York City highest
[1:05] sustained winds are now 60 miles an hour
[1:07] the storm is moving North Northeast at
[1:10] about 26 miles an hour the storm is
[1:13] blamed for at least 10 deaths in five
[1:16] States including two children more than
[1:19] 4 million homes and businesses up and
[1:21] down the East Coast are without
[1:23] electricity and more than eleven
[1:25] thousand flights have been canceled
[1:26] potentially affecting millions of
[1:28] Travelers Nationwide this morning
[1:30] airports in New York Newark New Jersey
[1:33] and Philadelphia remained closed we have
[1:36] a team of Correspondence deployed
[1:38] throughout the hurricane Zone all along
[1:39] the east coast CBS News Chief National
[1:42] correspondent Byron