Irene makes landfall in New Jersey near Beach Haven

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By DAN GOOD
Hurricane Irene rolled along South Jersey's coastline Sunday morning - passing within 10 miles of Ocean City before making landfall near Beach Haven, according to the Associated Press.
This is the first hurricane to strike South Jersey since 1903.
The storm, with winds measured at 75 miles per hour, remained a Category 1 hurricane at 5 a.m. as it approached Atlantic City's shoreline, according to Weather.com.
The previous night, the storm knocked out power to more than 100,000 Atlantic City Electric customers and flooded area roadways.
More than 90,000 ACE customers - the bulk in Atlantic County - remained without power at 6 a.m. Sunday.
Heavy rains and crippling rain turned the region's barrier islands into ghost towns, on what would have been a beach weekend for hundreds of thousands of residents and tourists. People were asked to leave those islands Friday, in anticipation of the storm.
Some residents stayed - hoping to ride out Hurricane Irene.
But most left, rooming with friends and family away from the coast or staying at one of the dozens of emergency shelters organized throughout the area.
Rain continued to fall at daybreak, the sky a heavy blue. Daylight will reveal the storm's full impacts.
Hurricane Irene posed the most serious storm threat to the region in decades. Locals worried that it would mimic the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944.
Heavy rain and wind are expected to linger for a few more hours, as Hurricane Irene continues its trip north.