Hurricane Irene hits Virginia

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Hurricane Irene hits Virginia on Saturday.

Casey and Denise Robinson clear out their destroyed beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, the day after Hurricane Irene moved through. Officials speculate that a tornado swept through the area.

Denise Robinson clears out her destroyed beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach after Hurricane Irene hit Virginia Beach, Va., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

Virginia Beach visitors point out the waves as Hurricane Irene approaches the region on Saturday.

As Hurricane Irene spins north, Jeff Grant, center, braces against the wind coming off the Chesapeake Bay with Chris Polk, right, while Grady Spears, left, tries to run against a gust early Saturday in Chic's Beach section of Virginia Beach, Va.

Hurricane Irene's wave action and winds push the waters ashore on Yorktown Beach in Yorktown, Va.

Visitors play in the wind as Hurricane Irene passes through Virginia Beach, Va.

A truck drives through a flooded roadway near Rudee inlet as Hurricane Irene hits Virginia Beach , Va. Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday.

A sailor bails rain water from his sailboat in Wormley Creek in York County, Va., as Hurricane Irene moved through the area on Saturday.

Fire personnel secure the area around a massive tree that came down as Hurricane Irene moved through Hampton, Va.

Crews clear tree limbs brought down by Hurricane Irene in Newport News, Va.

Rhonda Woods cleans up a drainage area near her house as Hurricane Irene approaches the Hampton, Va., area.

Carl Brookman of Hampton, Va., catches some waves at Buckroe as Hurricane Irene moves into the Tidewater area of Virginia.

As Hurricane Irene spins north, a lone figure stands in the surf of the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia Beach, Va.

A group of teenagers run down Ocean View Avenue as Hurricane Irene approaches, Norfolk, Va.

From left, sisters Emily, 4, Rebecca and Jessica Childress of Hampton, Va., wheel their bags into a hotel in Waynesboro, Va., on Saturday. Hotels in Staunton and Waynesboro were packed with evacuees from Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach and the North Carolina coast fleeing Hurricane Irene.

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Casey and Denise Robinson clear out their destroyed beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, the day after Hurricane Irene moved through. Officials speculate that a tornado swept through the area.

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