Hurricane Irene formed in the Lesser Antilles in August 2011 and traveled up the U.S. East Coast, causing over $16 billion in damages and 51 deaths. The category 3 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and a minimum pressure of 942 mbar. It destroyed homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure across the Caribbean, Bahamas, Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada before dissipating on August 28th after 10 days as a powerful storm.

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2. Index
Introduction
Description
Consequences
Preparations
Video
Bibliography

3. Introduction
It took place in Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Turks and
Caicos, Bahamas, Hispanola, Eastern USA, Eastern Canada
and Europe.
It started on 18th August 2011 and it finish 10 days later,
on the 28th August 2011.
The damages were more than 16.6 billions dollars (equal
to 7 millions euros).

4. Description
The winds reached almost 120 mph (195 kilometres per
hour).
The lower pressure that the hurricane reached was 942
mbar (hPa); 27.82 inHg.
It was created by a tropical wave and it became to a
tropical storm.
On 24th August was the day when the hurricane was
stronger.

5. Consequences
The hurricane caused 51 deaths, 49 directly from the
hurricane and 2 of them not directly.
During its way Irene caused general damages.
Irene wasn’t only a storm, it also caused several floods
and fires.
Apart from deaths, the hurricane destroyed hospitals,
houses, schools, parks, fields, bridges, roads and it left
people homeless.

6. Preparations
Before the hurricane came as a strong storm, the
previous days there was a lot of wind and rain.
About 65 billion people from United States, Antilles and
other regions of the Atlantic Ocean were evacuated from
their homes because they were in danger because of
Irene.

7. Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziTLUrZMGfM

8. Bibiography
Google: wikipedia.
Google: youtube.