8/27/2011 Hurricane Irene Early Afternoon Update

1. New Bern, NC has reported 17" of rain. And they still have a long way to go.

2. CNN is reporting 550,000 people without power.

3. A Tornado has destroyed a home on Sandbridge, VA

4. Reports of people having to be rescued off their roofs in Kingston, NC

5. A Defined eye has no re-appeared on Irene:

6. NHC 2pm update, no changes.