 Hurricane Irene caused widespread power outages in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge was evacuated after there was wind and water damage to the laboratory roof.In Queen Anne's County, Maryland, an 85-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell onto her house causing the chimney to collapse.Farm fields on the Eastern Shore of Maryland were saturated with water after the storm, causing farmers to hand-pick their crops.