Irene heads up the east coast

Cities on the Eastern seaboard of the USA are bracing for Hurricane Irene, which is weakening as it heads away from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico...
This might make it into the first week of term as a mention in geography lessons, particularly if there are students whose holiday has been affected...
Andy Murray's preparations for the US Open have been affected by it - a previous tournament it was the teachers' strike of course... ;)
A mandatory evacuation has been announced for the first time in these areas of the USA according to the BBC NEWS.

Check out the CRISIS COMMONS Wiki page for loads of resources and other Irene stuff...

Twitter accounts to follow:
@metofficestorms
@twc_hurricane


Update 12.18
Updated Threat Level from Fox news via @twc_hurricane

Via Fox News

As always, there's a new term to describe the problem: remember the 'snowmageddon' that they had earlier in the year, well now they have a "flightmare...."