Hurricane Irene has made landfall on the US east coast, bringing heavy winds of more than 85 mph (140km/h), as it hit North Carolina.
People of effected areas have been ordered to leave their homes ahead of the massive category one storm. More than 2 million will effect with this Hurricane Irene.
A quarter of a million people in New York living in low-lying areas have been told to leave in an unprecedented mandatory evacuation.
The city mayor warned it was "foolish" and "dangerous" to ignore the order.
Irene is a "life-threatening storm" for New Yorkers, Michael Bloomberg told a news conference early on Saturday.
Emergency has been declared in New York State. US President Barack Obama has warned Irene could be "a historic hurricane".
He has asked people in the projected path of Hurricane Irene - the first hurricane of the Atlantic season - to take precautions.
"Don't wait, don't delay. All of us have to take this storm seriously," he said on Friday, before cutting short his holiday in Martha's Vineyard on the Massachusetts coast, to head back to Washington.
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