
Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pie on, Aug. 25 in Boynton Beach, Fla. Irene caused high surf along the Florida coast.

A message is left for Hurricane Irene on one house, as a resident boards up another on Aug. 25 in Nags Head, N.C.

A pedestrian crosses an open area as Hurricane Irene passes through Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Aug. 27.

Abandoned beachfront houses are surrounded by rising water from Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., Aug. 27.

Water in a parking lot enters a storm drain as winds and high tides from approaching Hurricane Irene start to hit the area, on Aug. 27, in Ocean City, Md

Margene Jezo of Kitty Hawk goes for a 6-mile jog as Hurricane Irene lashes the Outer Banks in Kitty Hawk, N.C, Aug. 27.

Framed by the Manhattan bridge and lower Manhattan, a U-Haul truck makes it's way north on the FDR Drive in the torrential rain, Aug. 27, in New York

The looming threat of Hurricane Irene did not dissuade some tourists from visiting Manhattan's Times Square on Saturday, Aug. 27.