Storm-related deaths rise to 10 as Hurricane Irene pummels US East Coast
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Storm-related deaths rise to 10 as Hurricane Irene pummels US East Coast
* From: NewsCore
* August 28, 2011 4:10PM
AN 11-year-old boy and a teenage girl were among at least ten people who died today when Hurricane Irene pounded North Carolina and Virginia as it made its way along the heavily-populated US East Coast.
Three deaths as a result of Irene were confirmed by officials in Virginia, five in North Carolina and one in Maryland.
A spokeswoman confirmed the death in Maryland to FOX New Channel. It reportedly occurred when a tree fell on a house in Queen Anne County causing a chimney to collapse.
Earlier in Virginia, an 11-year-old boy, identified by police as Zahir Robinson, died after a tree crashed on to a two-story apartment building in Newport News, pinning him for nearly two-and-a-half hours before he was pronounced dead, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
Also in the state, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that 67-year-old James Blackwell died after a tree fell on a car in Brunswick County, approximately 185km from the Atlantic coast, while a Chesterfield man was killed when a tree fell onto a house just before 3pm.
In Goldsboro, North Carolina, a 15-year-old girl died today when her father's car crashed at an intersection that was without functioning traffic lights because of a power outage, The Raleigh News & Observer reported. Four other children were in hospital.
Two other deaths in North Carolina also came in cars, with one driver dying after his vehicle hydroplaned into a tree in Pitt County and a woman passenger killed when the car she was in struck a tree in Sampson County.
Another two people were killed when their car ran off the road near Franklinton, 113km north of Goldsboro, but it was unclear if the wreck was related to Irene, according to the News & Observer, which also reported that Goldsboro's 911 centre had its roof blown off by strong winds.
Earlier today, a man was struck and killed by a large tree limb brought down by Irene's winds in Nash County, North Carolina, approximately 240km inland. The man reportedly went outside to feed his animals when he was hit, local officials said.
In Onslow County, North Carolina, a resident died from a heart attack while boarding up his windows with plywood yesterday, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management told the News & Observer.
In Florida, a surfer was pronounced dead in New Smyrna Beach, 160km south of Jacksonville, after a monster wave knocked him off his board. Authorities said he may have been killed by a blow to the head, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.
Authorities also said today that a man, Milton Robinson Jr, 27, had been reported missing in the Cape Fear River in Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The search for him will resume tomorrow.
And on Thursday night, a 22-year-old surfer, Lee Terrell, drowned in a rip current off the Virginia Beach coast in what The Times-Dispatch called the first Virginia death linked to the hurricane.
Storm-related deaths rise to 10 as Hurricane Irene pummels US East Coast
* From: NewsCore
* August 28, 2011 4:10PM
AN 11-year-old boy and a teenage girl were among at least ten people who died today when Hurricane Irene pounded North Carolina and Virginia as it made its way along the heavily-populated US East Coast.
Three deaths as a result of Irene were confirmed by officials in Virginia, five in North Carolina and one in Maryland.
A spokeswoman confirmed the death in Maryland to FOX New Channel. It reportedly occurred when a tree fell on a house in Queen Anne County causing a chimney to collapse.
Earlier in Virginia, an 11-year-old boy, identified by police as Zahir Robinson, died after a tree crashed on to a two-story apartment building in Newport News, pinning him for nearly two-and-a-half hours before he was pronounced dead, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
Also in the state, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that 67-year-old James Blackwell died after a tree fell on a car in Brunswick County, approximately 185km from the Atlantic coast, while a Chesterfield man was killed when a tree fell onto a house just before 3pm.
In Goldsboro, North Carolina, a 15-year-old girl died today when her father's car crashed at an intersection that was without functioning traffic lights because of a power outage, The Raleigh News & Observer reported. Four other children were in hospital.
Two other deaths in North Carolina also came in cars, with one driver dying after his vehicle hydroplaned into a tree in Pitt County and a woman passenger killed when the car she was in struck a tree in Sampson County.
Another two people were killed when their car ran off the road near Franklinton, 113km north of Goldsboro, but it was unclear if the wreck was related to Irene, according to the News & Observer, which also reported that Goldsboro's 911 centre had its roof blown off by strong winds.
Earlier today, a man was struck and killed by a large tree limb brought down by Irene's winds in Nash County, North Carolina, approximately 240km inland. The man reportedly went outside to feed his animals when he was hit, local officials said.
In Onslow County, North Carolina, a resident died from a heart attack while boarding up his windows with plywood yesterday, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management told the News & Observer.
In Florida, a surfer was pronounced dead in New Smyrna Beach, 160km south of Jacksonville, after a monster wave knocked him off his board. Authorities said he may have been killed by a blow to the head, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.
Authorities also said today that a man, Milton Robinson Jr, 27, had been reported missing in the Cape Fear River in Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The search for him will resume tomorrow.
And on Thursday night, a 22-year-old surfer, Lee Terrell, drowned in a rip current off the Virginia Beach coast in what The Times-Dispatch called the first Virginia death linked to the hurricane.
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