NEW YORK (Reuters) - A quarter million New Yorkers may have to evacuate from a hurricane that threatens New York institutions from Wall Street to Coney Island's famed "Cyclone" roller coaster.
Homebound elderly and hospital patients in low-lying areas began forced evacuations on Friday and a mass transit system that moves 8.5 million people a day prepared for a total shutdown due to Hurricane Irene, making its way up the U.S. East Coast.
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