Hurricane Irene Continues North

Hurricane Irene continued to pound eastern North Carolina and Virginia Saturday afternoon as rain and wind both increased across Fairfax County. Tropical storm conditions are continuing to spread northward and rain and wind are now starting to pick up in New York City.

The Category 1 hurricane has sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and is moving north-northeast at 13 miles per hour, according to the 2 p.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The hurricane is now centered less than 90 miles south of Norfolk, Va.

The center of the storm will move across northeastern North Carolina during the afternoon. The hurricane is forecast to move over the Mid-Atlantic coast on Saturday night and over southern New England on Sunday. The worst weather in Northern Virginia will occur between 6 p.m. tonight and 6 a.m. Sunday.