Attesa dell'uragano Irene in North Carolina

Surfers take advantage of storm surge just hours before the arrival of Hurricane Irene beneath the Kitty Hawk Pier in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, on 26 August 2011. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said Irene, a category 2 storm with winds in excess of 105 mph (169 kph), will likely score a direct hit on the Outer Banks, a fragile necklace of islands and sandbars jutting east from the North Carolina mainland, on Saturday. (EPA/JIM LO SCALZO)