North Carolina's Coastline Recovers From Hurricane Irene

IN FLIGHT, ELIZABETH CITY, NC - AUGUST 29: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-winged aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City flies over an area affected by Hurricane Irene in the area of Oregon Inlet August 29, 2011 over Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The Coast Guard is providing overlights to assisting state and local agencies as part of the joint response to the hurricane. The Category 1 storm, which made landfall in North Carolina on August 27, knocked out power to more than 3 million people and is attributed to over a dozen deaths as it traveled up the Eastern seaboard. (Photo by Stephen Lehmann/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)