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O.C. firm forecasts Irene property damage
August 27th, 2011, 3:32 pm by Pat Brennan, science, environment editor
Surge map for New York and Long Island. Courtesy CoreLogic, Santa Ana.
A Santa Ana-based data analysis company that says Hurricane Irene will place as many as 1.8 million properties at risk from storm-surge flooding released updated numbers Saturday.
The company, CoreLogic, also released storm-surge maps for three categories of hurricane intensity for the East Coast, showing flood potential.
As the 500-mile-wide storm churned past North Carolina Saturday, its winds had weakened to a category 1 hurricane; it is likely to reach New York City by Sunday morning, forecasters said.
Here are the estimates for residential property damage the company released Saturday:
