Cleanup begins after Hurricane Isaias

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Chardae Cooper (left) helps Asia Cooper on Wednesday look for her belongings among the debris in a cotton field after her mobile home was destroyed by a tornado spawned by Hurricane Isaias in Bertie County, N.C. Associated Press/Photo by Robert Willett/The News & Observer

Thousands of people throughout the Northeast are still without power after Isaias tore along the East Coast from North Carolina to Canada. The storm left nine dead, with two others dying in a lightning strike in Wilmington, N.C., on Wednesday while clearing downed trees. Officials in North Carolina warned residents to avoid fire ants displaced by flooding, as well as carbon monoxide poisoning from generators running in poorly ventilated garages.

Are more storms coming? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday increased its seasonal forecast to include double the number of usual major storms, predicting seven to 11 hurricanes in the Atlantic by the end of the year.

Dig deeper: Read Laura Singleton’s report about hurricane cleanup in the Bahamas last year.

Esther Eaton

Esther formerly reported on politics for WORLD from Washington. She is a World Journalism Institute and Liberty University graduate and enjoys bringing her parakeets on reporting trips.

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