America counts losses Hurricane Irene

Irene Hurricane losses may reach twenty billion dollars (French)
According to preliminary estimates on Sunday evening that the losses caused by tropical storm Irene, which struck the United States has more than twenty billion dollars, while U.S. authorities announced they will reopen airports and railways today after the storm abated and began heading towards the coast of Canad

Said economist and University of Maryland professor Peter Morici said that if the expense of loss of economic activity for the past two days at least, if not more in the next week, the losses could reach $ 45 billion.
For his part, said the Federation of American consumers in a statement that the compensation arising from damage caused by hurricane winds can exceed five billion dollars, while the implications for compensation will be less likely to flood, and up to about two billion dollars.
Earlier on Sunday said the "Qinetiq Analysys", which expects the volume of losses across models of computerized, the losses in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina - which were the first two terms Adharbhma hurricane with his arrival to land Friday - may range between two hundred and four hundred million dollars.
This year has been worse in the weather in the history of the United States, where losses reached $ 35 billion so far from floods, hurricanes and heat waves.
The Hurricane Katrina caused the worst loss in the history of the United States where the flooded city of New Orleans in 2005, and estimated its losses at more than one hundred billion dollars.
The effects of Hurricane Irene in the state of Maryland (French)Return movementOn the other hand, said the governor of New Jersey Chris Christie at a press conference yesterday that the major New York airports - the airport, "Newark" and "JFK" and "La Guardia" - will be re-run Monday morning.
In the same context, said Federal Aviation Administration in the United States were expected to reopen the three major airports in New York this morning.
And will return the railways to work, in turn this morning, but partially. The network said "Amtrak", a company which operates train services between Boston and Miami, said that its trains will operate only for limited distances because of flooding and fallen trees along the route.
The company added that the trains will operate on a regular basis only between Philadelphia and Washington. While the services will stop from Philadelphia to New York and Boston, and will train services from southern Washington to Miami is limited.
He also announced the governor of New York Andrew Cuomo and the chief of transportation in Washington Jay Adler, that the subways in New York City will resume its work this morning.
The other hand, authorities announced that the American Meteorological Hurricane Irene dropped his strength on Sunday night and turned into a tropical storm, and winds down to him, adding it was nearing the coast of Canada.
American officials said that the number of victims of the cyclone has risen to 18 dead, noting that there had been six deaths in the state of North Carolina and four in Pennsylvania, as in Virginia and one death in each of the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Maryland.
Wake-up callThe president said that Barack Obama despite the decline in the power of Hurricane Irene, this does not mean that the danger is over, and called on the citizens who are in the circle of the hurricane to stay vigilant.
Obama called on U.S. citizens to abide by the warnings and directions that may be issued by the competent authorities in the coming days to avoid further damage and loss, pointing out that the hurricane damage exceeded would require weeks.
In the meantime, said U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Sunday that the worst of the hurricane is over for many of the east coast of the United States including New York and New Jersey.
Napolitano said at a news conference that the preparations that preceded the storm led to the reduction of loss of life significantly, but it warned that the flooding of rivers across the east coast is still a threat to people's lives.