Aug 30 Watch National Guard Airlifts Supplies to Vermont Towns Isolated by Irene’s Flooding The National Guard airlifted food and supplies to dozens of Vermont towns on Tuesday, after Hurricane Irene sent rainwater surging down hills and mountainsides, washing out bridges and roads. Gwen Ifill discusses relief efforts with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Continue watching
Aug 30 Vermont Copes With Severe Flooding, Death Toll Rises Post-Irene Chris Baker surveys his Pompton Lakes, N.J., neighborhood, where rains and the cresting of nearby waters caused flooding. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. Two days after Hurricane Irene blew through the East Coast, Vermont is coping with severe… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch News Wrap: Stocks Boosted by July Spending Numbers, Irene’s Smaller Cost In other news Monday, Wall Street rallied on relief that Hurricane Irene caused less damage than originally feared and word that consumer spending rose in July by the most in five months. Also, President Obama nominated Alan Krueger to chair… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Hurricane Irene’s Cost May Hit $7B as Pricey East Coast Cleanup Begins Hurricane Irene's death toll reached at least 38 Monday as cleanup crews from North Carolina to New England continued to pick up after the storm amid ongoing flooding. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's impact and the cost of the government's… Continue watching
Aug 29 Irene Aftermath: How You Can Help View "Hurricane Irene Aftermath: How to Help" on Storify… Continue reading
Aug 29 Earthquakes to the Core A team of scientists are drilling a mile and a half under the Earth and retrieving and studying rock samples that exist in fault zones in order to better understand the mechanics of earthquakes. By doing so,… Continue reading
Aug 29 In Irene’s Wake, Flooding and Power Outages Plague East Coast Trains remain idle at the Trenton Transit Center due to water on the tracks from Hurricane Irene August 29, 2011 in Trenton, New Jersey. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images. 2 p.m. ET | FEMA administrator Craig Fugate… Continue reading
Aug 28 After Irene’s Impact, Flooding, Power Outages Plague East Coast 9:25 p.m. ET | With the worst of Irene's wrath over, states up and down the East Coast were assessing the damage Sunday night, with flooding and power outages spelling out days of headache and cleanup ahead. Damage is… Continue reading
Aug 27 Hurricane Irene Makes Landfall; Moves North With Hammering Rains, Wind By News Desk Waves from Hurricane Irene pound the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Photo by Getty Images. 5:00 p.m. ET Irene has been pushing northward up the Eastern Seaboard at 13 mph, with maximum sustained winds still near 85 mph and higher… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Eastern Seaboard Braces for Potentially ‘Historic’ Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene was headed for a weekend assault up the East Coast, threatening to bring powerful winds and heavy rain to tens of millions of Americans. Jeffrey Brown discusses the storm with Federal Emergency Management Agency's Craig Fugate, the National… Continue watching