Hurricane Irene makes landfall in New Jersey

Sunday 28 August 2011 11:05 BST

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Forecasters say Hurricane Irene has hit the New Jersey coast with 75 mph (120-kph) winds.

The National Hurricane Center said the center of the huge storm lumbered ashore near Little Egg Inlet at 5:35 a.m. EDT (0935 GMT).

The center says a hurricane warning remains in effect from coastal Virginia northward to Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts. The storm remained a Category 1 hurricane.

The center says Irene is 100 miles (160 kilometers) south-southwest of New York City. It was moving north-northeast at 18 mph (30 kph).

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