Hurricane Irene - NOW Tropical Storm Storm Reports

This is UPDATES of Hurricane Irene/TROPICAL STORM!

BREAKING: Update on NYC transit authority / Metro North service restoration schedule:

NYC Busses

Some buses may resume by 5 p.m. Sunday. August 28,2011 

NYC Subways

148th Street/Lenox Subway Yard

• The 148th Street Subway Yard, the terminus of the no. 3 train, is completely flooded. "We are going to have to pump out the water and assess the level of damage and see if the water has corroded the third rail and electrical switches, " said MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan.
        
•  The Coney Island train yard is notoriously flood-prone, but the MTA has not surveyed the damage yet, if any, Donovan said.

Metro-North

• The Hudson line in Ossining and Cortlandt is completely under water.
   
• The Harlem line in Valhalla is also completely submerged.
   
• Two mudslides on the Hudson Line, at Spuyten Duyvil and Glenwood, must be cleared.
   
• Two electrical substations on the Harlem Line are out of service.
       
• The New Haven Yard has no power because of a fallen tree. Other fallen trees along the line are interfering with signals.
        
• The bridge over the Croton River where it empties into the Hudson River is under water.
        
• Road access to many Metro-North shops are blocked by trees.
   
• The track is washed out between Otisville and Middletown stations on the Port Jervis line.

LIRR 

Not Known yet. The LIRR is also facing a cleanup, with downed trees in numerous areas.BREAKING: ...CENTER OF IRENE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...2:00 PM EDT Sun Aug 28
Location: 42.2°N 73.2°W Max sustained: 60 mph Moving: NNE at 26 mph Min pressure: 970 mb

PATH
PATH service to be restored at  4 a.m. Monday says Port Authority 

BREAKING: Tropical Storm Irene...CENTER OF IRENE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE... SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...11:00 AM EDT Sun Aug 28 Location: 41.4°N 73.7°W
Max sustained: 60 mph Moving: NNE at 26 mph Min pressure: 966 mb

BREAKING: Irene Hits NYC As Tropical Storm, Floods Major City Roads - Irene made landfall in New York City as a tropical storm, flooding some major city roads.
Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday morning as it hit Coney Island, but that hasn’t stopped it from dumping massive amounts of rain on the city. In MY neighborhood in NYC I NEVER got any really big winds but lots of rain. Some flooding around the area.

BREAKING:  ...IRENE MOVING UP THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...WATER LEVELS RISING FROM MARYLAND TO NEW YORK... 2:00 AM EDT Sun Aug 28 Location: 38.1°N 75.0°W Max sustained: 80 mph Moving: NNE at 17 mph Min pressure: 958 mb

BREAKING: 11PM EDT...Dry Air being pulled into the storm deteriorating the eye...National Weather Service Expects to down Grade to a Tropical Storm BEFORE it hits, as of NOW, to the East of NYC by 10 miles  

BREAKING:Irene Update...IRENE DRENCHING THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH HEAVY RAINS AS IT SKIRTS THE DELMARVA PENINSULA... 11:00 PM EDT Sat Aug 27
Location: 37.3°N 75.4°W Max sustained: 80 mph Moving: NNE at 16 mph Min pressure: 954 mb

BREAKING:Irene Update...IRENE LASHING THE VIRGINIA TIDEWATER REGION AND SOUTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS... 10:00 PM EDT Sat Aug 27 Location: 37.1°N 75.5°W Max sustained: 80 mph Moving: NNE at 16 mph Min pressure: 952 mb

BREAKING:Irene Update ...IRENE ABOUT TO RE-EMERGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS... 5:00 PM EDT Sat Aug 27  Location: 36.2°N 76.0°W Max sustained: 80 mph Moving: NNE at 13 mph
Min pressure: 950 mb - Forecasters NOW predict further weakening & will hit NYC as a TROPICAL STORM

BREAKING:Irene Update 2:00 PM EDT Sat Aug 27 Location: 35.5°N 76.3°W Max sustained: 85 mph
Moving: NNE at 13 mph Min pressure: 950 mb

BREAKING: Irene update:11:00 AM EDT Sat Aug 27 Location: 35.2°N 76.4°W Max sustained: 85 mph
Moving: NNE at 15 mph Min pressure: 952 mb

BREAKING: Irene update: Hurricane weakens to Category 1 as winds drop to 90 mph - National Hurricane Center says at 3 am ET

What you NEED to know - without ALL the Media Hype..Information as the storm tracks closer to the US Coast....
From North Carolina to the New England Coast......