Hurricane Irene

[#1]

Of course it does. Point is people die in storms all the time.
I have been in storms in the US many times, trees down power cuts flooding, it is not unusual.
The whole thing with Irene was political.

[#2]

But deaths by hurricanes in the USA should be zero as people can evacuate the affected area.

[#3]

15 dead at present.

[#4]

@Oddball, perhaps you can explain how Hurricane Irene is political 

[#5]

21 people are now reported to have died in the hurricane.

[#6]

They are now saying 40 dead with Irene now travelling across Canada.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14711508
Don't recall hurricane/tropical storm spending so long on land

[#7]

@Nadger,yes the death toll seems to be rising as the storm moves up the seaboard.
The initial cost of the hurricane has been estimated at $25bn and this is bound to increase. This figure doesn't include insured losses. Very sad for all the people who have lost their homes.

[#8]

East Coast USA next 10 days won't be too good:
with Lee  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents
and Katia http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

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[#10]

Useless information, Katia would have been called Katrina but this name was withdrawn at the request of the USA.

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todays image

[#12]

Quote from: itsme

Useless information, Katia would have been called Katrina but this name was withdrawn at the request of the USA.

They do not repeat names especially so soon after having used them before.

[#13]

Lee is currently a tropical storm and is sitting off Southern Louisiana.
Katia could regain hurricane status again later today.

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Quote from: artmo

They do not repeat names especially so soon after having used them before.

Sorry @Artmo but if you did any research you will find that they do. They repeat I believe every 4 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_%281999%29

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Retirement of Katrina name See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricane names Because of the large death toll and destruction of property along the Gulf Coast, the name Katrina was officially retired on April 6, 2006 by the World Meteorological Organization at the request of the U.S. government. It was replaced by Katia on List III of the Atlantic hurricane naming lists, which was used in the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.[154]