Hurricane Irene.
Landfall in North Carolina
(Satellite image provided by NOAA)
The NOAA GOES-13 satellite image captures Hurricane Irene's landfall moment at approximately 7:30 am EDT on August 27, 2011, near Cape Hurricane warnings are in effect for much of the U.S. coast from North Carolina to Maine, as The latest National Hurricane Center's projected path has it skirting the coast over the next 24 hours, possibly heading inland along Long Island, NY. Island, NY. (Photo by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/AFLO) [0006].