What is Hurricane Irene?
{{Infobox hurricane | Name=Hurricane Irene | Type=hurricane | Year=2011 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Irene 2011-08-24 1810Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Irene at peak intensity over the southern [[Bahamas]] on August&nbsp;24 | Formed=August 21, 2011 | Dissipated=August 30, 2011 | Extratropical=August 28 | 1-min winds=105 | Pressure=942 | Damages=14200 | Fatalities=49 direct, 9 indirect | Areas=[[Hispaniola]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Greater Antilles]], [[Turks and Caicos]], [[Bahamas]], [[East Coast of the United States]], [[Vermont]] <small>([[Landfall]]s in [[North Carolina]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]]</small>, [[Atlantic Canada]]) | Hurricane season=[[2011 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} [[File:Hurricane Irene Storm Surge in Greenwich, CT.JPG|thumb|180px|right|Flooding caused by [[Hurricane]] Irene in Greenwich, [[Connecticut]]]] '''Hurricane Irene''' was a 2011 Atlantic [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]], which reached Category 3 on the [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh |first=Bryan |url=http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/08/26/so-youre-about-to-get-hit-by-a-hurricane/ |title=How to Survive Hurricane Irene - Ecocentric - TIME.com |publisher=Ecocentric.blogs.time.com |date=2011-08-26 |accessdate=2011-11-10}}</ref> that struck the [[Virgin Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Hispaniola]] and the [[Bahamas]], resulting in very serious damage. It also struck the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] of the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. It formed on [[August 20]] and dissolved on [[August 29]]. In summer/autumn 2011, the name Irene was retired from future use. It was replaced by Irma for 2017. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Irene}} [[Category:2011 in weather]] [[Category:Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:2011 in the United States]] [[Category:21st century in Puerto Rico]] [[Category:2010s in the Bahamas]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] {{weather-stub}}