Hurricane Irene 2011, Atlantic, Caribbean

The large hurricane left extensive damage in its wake, with multiple leveled homes and overturned vehicles reported. Following the touch down of a potent tornado, at least four homes were demolished in Columbia, while up to three others sustained significant damage. Preliminary assessment indicated multiple flooded areas and uprooted trees along coastlines; in Nash County, a snatched tree limb struck and killed one person. Prior to the storm, a resident in Onslow County suffered a fatal heart attack while installing plywood to their home. Two people in Pitt and Sampson Counties were additionally killed by falling trees, as were two others in Goldsboro and Pitt County in traffic accidents. A man also drowned in the flooded Cape Fear River.
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Hurricane Irene caused widespread power outages in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
A tornado moved through the Sandbridge community in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the morning hours of August 27, ripping the roofs off at least five homes and damaging several others. High winds in Newport News, Virginia, knocked a tree into an apartment complex, killing an 11-year-old boy lying in bed with his mother. Three other Virginians in Brunswick, Chesterfield and King William Counties were also killed by falling trees. Most severe damage consists of many downed trees on power lines, cars, homes, and roads; and flooding in many low-lying roads and neighborhoods - 1.2 million homes and businesses lost power due to Irene.