Weakening Irene heading to Canada
No longer a hurricane, Irene spent the last of its fury and sloshed its way into Canada early today, inflicting relatively little damage to New York but leaving a trail of treacherous flooding and millions without power along America’s east coast.
The east coast began surveying the damage yesterday, up to €7bn (€4.8bn)by one private estimate. For many the danger had not passed - rivers and creeks turned into raging torrents tumbling with tree limbs and parts of buildings in northern New England and upstate New York.
