A tobacco plant on Keith Beavers‘ farm is shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Olive, N.C. Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene’s first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on inland farms from North Carolina to New York.
(Photo by Jim R. Bounds / AP)
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