A couple looks at the view of New Jersey from Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York, August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city and Tri State area with rain and high winds. New York City resembled a ghost town after 370,000 people were told to evacuate flood-prone areas, including near Wall Street and at Coney Island, and mass transport was shut down. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
Grand Street and West Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan is flooded, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in New York. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)A New York City Police Department car drives through water at an intersection near Battery Park in Lower Manhattan in New York, August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city and Tri State area with rain and high winds. New York City resembled a ghost town after 370,000 people were told to evacuate flood-prone areas, including near Wall Street and at Coney Island, and mass transport was shut down. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
People make their in the rain in Times Square in New York August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city and Tri State area with rain and high winds. New York City resembled a ghost town after 370,000 people were told to evacuate flood-prone areas, including near Wall Street and at Coney Island, and mass transport was shut down. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY
A deserted Lexington Avenue in New York, early August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city and Tri State area with rain and high winds. New York City resembled a ghost town after 370,000 people were told to evacuate flood-prone areas, including near Wall Street and at Coney Island, and mass transport was shut down. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
A man stands in the middle of a deserted Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York, early on August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city and Tri State area with rain and high winds. New York City resembled a ghost town after 370,000 people were told to evacuate flood-prone areas, including near Wall Street and at Coney Island, and mass transport was shut down. AFP PHOTO / Stan HONDA
TRENTON, NJ - AUGUST 29: Trains remain idle at the Trenton Transit Center due to water on the tracks from Hurricane Irene August 29, 2011 in Trenton, New Jersey. Rail service is shut down from Trenton to Boston along the Northeast. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
TRENTON, NJ - AUGUST 29: Trains remain idle at the Trenton Transit Center due to water on the tracks from Hurricane Irene August 29, 2011 in Trenton, New Jersey. Rail service is shut down from Trenton to Boston along the Northeast. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Los aeropuertos en Nueva York y alrededor del noreste estaban reabriendo a cientos de miles de atrasados pasajeros cuyos vuelos fueron cancelados el fin de semana.Irene fue el primer huracán que tocó tierra en el territorio continental de Estados Unidos desde 2008.NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: A flag hangs in the rubble of a cottage destroyed by Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The home, built in 1916, was one of the first vacation cottages built on on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the home was completely destroyed after being shoved more than 100 yards by floodwater. Hurricane Irene hit Dare County, which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, as a category one hurricane around mid-day yesterday causing wind and flood damage before heading up the East Coast. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: A light mist shrouds Liberty Island and Jersey City just hours after Hurricane Irene blew through the region August 28, 2011 in New York City. Irene hit New York as a Category 1 hurricane before being downgraded to a tropical storm. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 27: Bicyclists head east on a very empty Wall Street ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in the Financial District August 27, 2011 in New York City. Approximately 370,000 city residents in low lying areas are under a mandatory evacuation order ahead of the hurricane. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
En Nueva York, todo el sistema de transporte colectivo permaneció cerrado debido al clima, por primera vez en la historia y está tomando muchas horas reanudarlo.MANASQUAN, NJ - AUGUST 28: A passerby observes a tree brought down by winds caused by Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011 in Manasquan, New Jersey. While Hurricane Irene has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, it has knocked out power to more than 4.5 million people and is attributed to 19 deaths as it travels up the Eastern seaboard. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
MANASQUAN, NJ - AUGUST 28: Power lines stick out of a tree brought down by winds caused by Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011 in Manasquan, New Jersey. While Hurricane Irene has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, it has knocked out power to more than 4.5 million people and is attributed to 19 deaths as it travels up the Eastern seaboard. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Nancy Zakhary of Brooklyn wades through flood waters filling the intersection of Main St and Plymouth St in Dumbo Brooklyn as Hurricane Irene reaches the New York City Area on August 28, 2011 in New York City. Hurricane Irene hit New York as a Category 1 storm before being downgraded to a tropical storm. Jemal Countess/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Jumpin Jack's Drive-in on Schonowe Avenue in Scotia, N.Y. is almost completely underwater after the Mohawk River's banks overflowed Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Tropical Storm Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/The Daily Gazette, Peter R. Barber) TROY, SCHENECTADY; SARATOGA SPRINGS; ALBANY AND AMSTERDAM OUTEl fin de semana, todos los espectáculos de Broadway, los juegos de béisbol y otros eventos fueron cancelados o pospuestos.A fire truck drives through a flooded street in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 29: A couple waits for the Staten Island Ferry a day after Hurricane Irene on August 29, 2011 in New York City. While the hurricane was milder than forecasters and politicians had predicted, it did cause extensive flood damage and power outages across the New York metropolitan area. Subways and buses, which had been closed for the first time in New York City history, resumed their schedules with only minor delays Monday morning. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
En Nueva York, todo el sistema de transporte colectivo permaneció cerrado debido al clima, por primera vez en la historia y está tomando muchas horas reanudarlo.
