Waves from Hurricane Irene sweep eight off Florida jetty
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As Hurricane Irene makes it way toward North Carolina, where it’s expected to make landfall early Saturday morning, video footage of the storm is beginning to surface.
The storm weakened to a Category 2 as it reached Florida’s waters, the Associated Press reported, but it could pick up steam again.
The video below appears to show the first injuries from the storm, as eight people were swept off a jetty near West Palm Beach by giant waves. According to the Palm Beach Post, one of the eight is in a hospital in serious condition. The waves crashed over people in Boynton Beach, Florida, who ventured out to a jetty to watch the storm.
