OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is advising Canadians against non-essential travel to the east coast of United States because of Hurricane Irene.

Airlines are also cancelling flights to and from cities in the path of the storm. The area affected goes from Little River Inlet in North Carolina northward to Sandy Hook in New

Jersey, including The Pamlico, Albemarle, Currituck Sounds, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay south of Smith Point, and from Sandy Hook to the mouth of the Merrimack River, including Long Island, Long

Island Sound, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

Visit the U.S. National Hurricane Center website for the latest updates.