Hurricane Irene impacts Maryland

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Hurricane Irene approaches Maryland coast

Palm trees bow from storm gusts as a police vehicle patrols the boardwalk as rain and winds preceding the full impact of Hurricane Irene hit Ocean City, Maryland, Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Waves of the Atlantic Ocean churn on the shore behind an artist's rendering of Noah's Ark, created in a sand sculpture, as rain and winds preceding the full impact of Hurricane Irene in Ocean City, Maryland, Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Waves crash onto a beach in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast.

A fence is partially damaged underneath a pier in Ocean City, Md., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Maryland coast overnight. Authorities in Ocean City said that there were no reports of major damage.

Water rises on a street in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms.

Shore birds hunker down, facing into the strong wind, while an emergency response crew makes safety rounds at Ocean City, Maryland, in advance of the full impact of Hurricane Irene on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

A gas station is damaged after Hurricane Irene swept through the area in Lusby, Md., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

A motorist retreats to his vehicle after realizing that the flood water is too deep for his car to attempt on S. Philadelphia Ave. in Ocean City, Maryland, as rain and winds preceding the full impact of Hurricane Irene reach the area, Saturday, August 27, 2011.

A man walks past a damaged store front on a boardwalk in Ocean City, Md., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Maryland coast overnight.

A high water sign is seen partially submerged on a street in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast.

Left to right, Bobby Edds, Madilyn O'Neil, 6, and her father, Mike O'Neil, all of Annapolis, Maryland, walk on Main Street in Annapolis, as the rain and wind in advance of Hurricane Irene increases, Saturday, August 27, 2011. They checked on a friend in a nearby business and had lunch.

Waves crash against a partially damaged pier in Ocean City, Md., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Maryland coast overnight.

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Palm trees bow from storm gusts as a police vehicle patrols the boardwalk as rain and winds preceding the full impact of Hurricane Irene hit Ocean City, Maryland, Saturday, August 27, 2011.

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