Trees blow in a gust of wind, early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in New York as Hurricane Irene approaches the region. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected. (Karly Domb Sadof/The Associated Press)

A portrait of Moammar Gadhafi is seen in the entrance courtyard of Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, Libya on Saturday. (Francois Mori/The Associated Press)

Lenard Sanders, a homeless man, pushes his cart toward a subway station to seek shelter as Hurricane Irene makes its way along the Eastern Seaboard, Sunday in Philadelphia. The National Hurricane Center says a hurricane warning remains in effect from coastal Virginia northward to Sagamore Beach, Mass. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)

A downed tree blocks a section of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sunday, as Hurricane Irene makes its way along the Eastern Seaboard. Irene slammed into Pennsylvania overnight, bringing rain and gusty winds that generated widespread flooding, toppled trees, caused several buildings to collapse and prompting water rescues along swollen creeks and rivers. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)

Lower Manhattan is seen amidst dark clouds in New York on Sunday as Hurricane Irene bore down, bringing winds and rapidly rising seawater that threatened parts of the city. The rumble of the subway system was silenced for the first time in years, the city all but shut down for the strongest tropical lashing since the 1980s. (Seth Wenig/The Associated Press)

Libyan rebels are seen on the road out of Misrata, 118 miles from Sirte, Libya on Saturday. Rebel fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli, as severe shortages of fuel, water and electricity paralyzed the battle-scarred capital and the stench of growing piles garbage filled the air. The rebels, who now control most of Libya, said they are preparing for an assault on Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, his last major bastion, if negotiations with tribal leaders there fail. Rebels deployed in Bin Jawad, a town about 100 miles east of Sirte, said they are waiting for NATO to bomb Scud missile launchers and possible weapons warehouses there. (Gaia Anderson/The Associated Press)

Waves crash over the shore during high tide Sunday during a storm surge from Hurricane Irene in Bayshore, N.Y., on Long Island. (Charles Krupa/The Associated Press)

Libyan rebels from Misrata take a rest Sunday in the camp set up in Gadhafi's wife Safiah's summer abandoned home in Tripoli, Libya. (Francois Mori/The Associated Press)