Tracking Hurricane Irene via web video, pix

(CBS/What's Trending) - At about 7:30 A.M. EST, Hurricane Irene made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. More than 300,000 people are reported to be out of power in North Carolina and Virginia, and the storm has already claimed at least three lives.

CBS News digital journalist Fernando Suarez and Miles Doran reported from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Their tweets captured the situation in real time.

More pictures and tweets are surfacing from those weathering the storm in North Carolina, providing a real time update of what's going on in the area.

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