Hurricane Irene

The one-year anniversary of the land fall of Hurricane Irene will take place this weekend. The storm, which barreled up the East Coast, left an estimated 65 million people at risk, according to NOAA. After the storm had cleared, inland communities found themselves facing record-setting flooding ...

As she started weakening to a tropical storm, Irene, the first hurricane of the season hit the Eastern seaboard with torrential rains, strong winds and floods. Hurricane Irene hit land on Saturday in North Carolina, moved northward along the coast and hit Little Egg Inlet, N.J., as a Category 1 storm.  Irene then lost steam as it moved toward New England.

One of Hurricane Irene‘s unfortunate structural victims this weekend was the 141-year-old Bartonsville Covered Bridge in Bartonsville, Vermont.

The remnants of Irene reached Canada Monday after barreling through the northeastern United States where the storm claimed at least 18 lives and caused estimated economic damage of up to $7 billion. Millions of people were without power along the East Coast after the huge storm -- now downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone -- passed over the Big Apple and headed for Canada.

Hurricane Irene is on the way and the latest reports say this storm is a big one. To get an idea of just how HUGE it is, watch this video of Irene shot from the International Space Station passing over the Eastern seaboard.