Hurricane Irene is pummelling the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina, the BBC News reported.
At least eight people have been killed in North Carolina, Virginia and Florida, as Irene sweeps north.
The 500-mile wide storm, with winds of around 80mph (129km/h), is moving slowly northwards.New York and other large cities are in its predicted path.
More than two million people have been ordered to leave their homes after warnings of storm surges and flooding.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on Saturday afternoon that «over a million people have left the Jersey shore in the last 24 hours».
In New York City, 300,000 people living in low-lying areas have been told to leave in an unprecedented mandatory evacuation.
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