August 28, 2011 11:19 AM
Eight killed as Hurricane Irene hits US east coast
Hurricane Irene has clobbered the US east coast, killing at least eight people and paralysing air traffic before barrelling north on course for a rare direct hit on New York City. Packing winds of 140 kilometres per hour, Irene was weakened but was still a massive category one storm when it made lan...