U.S. says Hurricane Irene could be "big threat" to Northeast

NASSAU (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated U.S. Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17a1b124/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=U.S.+says+Hurricane+Irene+could+be+%22big+threat%22+to+Northeast&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fuk-storm-irene-idUKTRE77M1YR20110824%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=U.S.+says+Hurricane+Irene+could+be+%22big+threat%22+to+Northeast&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fuk-storm-irene-idUKTRE77M1YR20110824%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110620972617/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17a1b124/kg/253-264/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110620972617/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17a1b124/kg/253-264/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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