•Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday morning as it made landfall over New York's Coney Island with winds clocking at 65 mph. • The real worry now for officials is major flooding in New York City and the surrounding region. The storm pushed a 3 1/2-foot surge of water into New York Harbor and forecasters said the peak could be twice as tall later in the morning. •The north tube of the Holland Tunnel, which carries traffic from New York City to New Jersey, was closed for awhile because of flooding but reopened late morning.

• After crashing ashore at Cape Lookout, N.C., early Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, Hurricane Irene raked North Carolina’s Outer Banks and inland areas with punishing winds and pounding rains.
• Residents of the state braced for power outages and widespread flooding as the slow-moving storm lumbered up the wide Pamlico Sound, with little to block its path before the center of the storm hits land again in Dare County along the coast....
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