Irene's flooding

A bridge on Route 73 lies in the river in this aerial view on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rochester, Vt. All access to the town has been cut off. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen Vermont towns cut off by flooding from the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene in a deluge that took inland areas of New England and upstate New York by surprise with its ferocity.

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his aerial photo taken Aug. 30, 2011, shows a section of Highway 12 at the edge of Rodanthe, N.C. that was destroyed by Hurricane Irene. — Chris Seward,AP Photo/The News & Observer

This aerial photo taken during a helicopter tour, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, with a group of federal and state officials shows a section of Highway 12 at the edge of Rodanthe, N.C. that was destroyed by Hurricane Irene.

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Locals survey the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Route 73 in St. Huberts, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2011. — AP Photo/Hans Pennink

Locals survey the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Route 73 in St. Huberts, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

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Greg Austin of Avon, N.C. tries to save a large fish that was washed out of a local pond during the storm surge from Hurricane Irene, in Avon, N.C., Aug. 29, 2011. — AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy

Greg Austin of Avon, N.C. tries to save a large fish that was washed out of a local pond during the storm surge from Hurricane Irene, in Avon, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Avon is one of the Hatteras Island communities cut off due to breaches in N.C. Highway 12 caused by Hurricane Irene.

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Helen Wachtel, 57, of South Newfane, Vt., looks at the ruins of a former grist mill in Newfane, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, that was wrecked by the Tropical Storm Irene-swollen floodwaters of the Rock River on Sunday. The building, which was being used for storage, dated to 1838.

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In this aerial photo people gather alongside workers making repairs Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 on Route 4 in Killington, Vt., washed out by flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene on Sunday. Vermont Emergency Management officials are airlifting food, water and supplies to flood-stricken towns that have been cut off by road and bridge washouts stemming from flooding due to remnants of Hurricane Irene.

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Farmer's fields are still flooded in this aerial view on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rutland, Vt. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen Vermont towns cut off by flooding from the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene in a deluge that took inland areas of New England and upstate New York by surprise with its ferocity.

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A house rests against a bridge after floating down the Batavia Kill stream after Tropical Storm Irene flooded parts of the town, Aug. 30, 2011 in Windham, N.Y. — AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

A house rests against a bridge after floating down the Batavia Kill stream after Tropical Storm Irene flooded parts of the town, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Windham, N.Y. Officials say more than a dozen towns in Vermont and at least three in New York are cut off, with roads and bridges washed out by flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. In New York, the towns of Keene in the Adirondacks, and Windham and Phoenicia in the Catskills are effectively isolated by damage to roads and bridges.

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Geese stroll through the grass next to a pond that was created by Hurricane Irene at Four Seasons Golf Club in Exeter, Pa. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

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Mark Lussier, with son Rowan, 6, on his shoulders and daughter Charlotte, 8, all of Holyoke, Mass., walk beside a flooded portion of Route 5 near the Northampton and Easthampton, Mass., line Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The flooding is a remnant of Tropical Storm Irene that passed through on Sunday.

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Lock 8 in Rotterdam, N.Y. overflows with water, and a metal barge is crashed into the gates, on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 during extensive flooding in the region as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents.

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People view the washed-out roadway of Route 100B in Moretown, Vt., Monday Aug. 29, 2011, which was destroyed by the rain-swollen Mad River when Tropical Storm Irene passed through on Sunday.

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Wreckage of the CVS Pharmacy, on Bridge Street in Margaretville, N.Y. which collapsed on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, following flooding of the East Branch of the Delaware River.

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A tractor trailer drives through the flood water that goes up and over his headlights on Secaucus Road in Secaucus, N.J. after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend. Aug. 29, 2011.

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A damaged historic covered bridge spans Cox Brook in Northfield, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, the day after Tropical Storm Irene dumped heavy rainfall across the region, causing flash floods.

Lindsey Jones makes her way down floodwater-damaged Rte. 4 in Woodstock, Vt. Monday Aug. 29, 2011. Jones, who is from Virginia, has been hiking the Appalachian trail for two months and took shelter with an acquaintance in White River Junction, Vt. yesterday. She says it will take her two days to return to the trail head due to mass road closures across the state of Vermont.

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An aerial photo shows flood waters in Connecticut Monday Aug. 29, 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene passed over the state.

An aerial photo released by the Connecticut Governor's Office shows flood waters in Connecticut Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene passed over the state on Sunday.

Vivian Henao spreads photographs out to dry on the lawn of her future mother-in-law's home in Manville, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The home was flooded by the Raritan River after Hurricane Irene passed through Sunday, dumping heavy rains on the region.

An inflatable protest rat is blown up and laid out to dry at UA Plumbers Local 14 Training Center after rains and the cresting of nearby waters flooded the facility on August 29, 2011 in Lodi, New Jersey.

Nick Feola tries to get the gallons of water out of his basement at his home of 32 years on 5th Street in Hoboken, N.J. after he arrived home from the mandatory evacuation on Monday, Aug, 29, 2011, after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend.

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A dog sits on a porch by a flooded street in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 29, 2011, in Waterbury, Vt. — AP Photo/Toby Talbot

A dog sits on a porch by a flooded street in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Waterbury, Vt.

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Susan Duggan-Cooley of Schenedtady, left, and Claire and Brian Houlihan of Scotia, take a kayak out on North Street in the historic Stockade section of Schenectady, N.Y. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. By mid-afternoon Monday, the river was projected to crest at 12 feet above flood level and 6 feet over the record set in 1914.

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Flooding over a road from the Farmington River is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Simsbury, Conn., , Aug. 29, 2011. — AP Photo/Jessica Hill

Flooding over a road from the Farmington River is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Simsbury, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

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Chris Arnowitz, 65, is seen through the crack of the window on the second floor of her home as she walks in floodwaters in Pompton Lakes, N.J., the morning after the Ramapo River crested following Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area.

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Rescue workers pull a boat with a woman as they wade through floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene, Aug. 29, 2011, Pompton Lakes, N.J. — AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Rescue workers pull a boat with a woman as they wade through floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, Pompton Lakes, N.J. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area.

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Water from the Housatonic River is seen at Stevenson Dam in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Monroe, Conn., Aug. 29, 2011. — AP Photo/Jessica Hill

Water from the Housatonic River is seen at Stevenson Dam in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Monroe, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The rain dumped by Tropical Storm Irene has pushed three rivers in Connecticut to moderate flood stage and some are not expected to reach their highest level until Tuesday.

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A woman out for a morning walk looks at debris accumulating in the swollen Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Aug. 29, 201. — AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma

A woman out for a morning walk looks at debris accumulating in the swollen Schuylkill River in Philadelphia Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene on Sunday . It was the Schuylkill River that wreaked havoc in the area, cresting to more than 15 feet in Norristown and inundating homes with muddy water and flooding streets in Philadelphia.

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People walk along a washed out section of Route 12 on Aug. 29, 2011, in Berlin, Vt. — AP Photo/Toby Talbot

People walk along a washed out section of Route 12 on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Berlin, Vt. Vermont's top transportation official says roads to a number of communities in the state remain cut off due to flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Irene.

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A truck lies in a hole created by the raging waters created by Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. — AP Photo/Toby Talbot

A truck lies in a hole created by the raging waters created by Tropical Storm Irene on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt.

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A black cat makes a leap into floodwaters along Poplar Avenue in Pompton Lakes, N.J., where the Ramapo River crested in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area.

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This photo released by the Central Vermont Public Service utility shows the washed out Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after the adjacent Mendon Brook overflowed when Tropical Storm Irene passed through Vermont Sunday.

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Flooding has subsided in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

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Damage is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., Aug. 29, 2011. — AP Photo/Jessica Hill

Damage is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.

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Chris Arnowitz, 65, walks into floodwaters near the front yard of her house in Pompton Lakes, N.J., the morning after the Ramapo River crested following Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area.

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Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., collapses while the Mendon Brook overflows as Tropical Storm Irene passes through Vermont, Aug, 28, 2011. — Vyto Starinskas,AP Photo/The Rutland Herald

Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., collapses while the Mendon Brook overflows as Tropical Storm Irene passes through Vermont, Sunday, Aug, 28, 2011.

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A car makes its way across a wide stretch of flooded roadway on Rt. 30 in Newfane, Vt. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, putting parts of two towns underwater and leaving one young woman swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.

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A security guard hangs on the door of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's SUV in the middle of a flooded street Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Margaretville, N.Y. Gov. Cuomo was riding in the SUV, and posted some photos of the heavy flooding on his flickr site. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene forced hundreds in the Hudson Valley from their homes, caused widespread power outages, closed 137 miles of the state's main highway and swelled creeks and rivers to previously unseen levels.

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Margaretville Central School Athletic Director Jeremey Marks stands next to a school bus in floodwaters , Aug. 28, 2011, in Margaretville, N.Y. — AP Photo/Dick Sanford

Margaretville Central School Athletic Director Jeremey Marks stands next to a school bus in floodwaters Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Margaretville, N.Y. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene forced hundreds in the Hudson Valley from their homes, caused widespread power outages, closed 137 miles of the state's main highway and swelled creeks and rivers to previously unseen levels.

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A deer is seen in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Aug. 28, 2011, Lincoln Park, N.J. — AP Photo/Julio Cortez

A deer is seen in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, Lincoln Park, N.J. Rivers and creeks surged toward potentially record levels late Sunday as Irene, just the third hurricane to come ashore in New Jersey in the past 200 years, charged to the north and left behind a mess and a sense that the state got off relatively easy.

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A supermarket parking lot is flooded with rain water from Tropical Storm Irene in Bennington, Vt., Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Sarah Jones

A supermarket parking lot is flooded with rain water from Tropical Storm Irene in Bennington, Vt., Sunday Aug. 28, 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, putting parts of two towns underwater and leaving one young woman swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.

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Kevin Holligan kayaks across a flooded section of Hyland Boulevard in Staten Island, N.Y., after the rain and wind of Tropical Storm Irene subsided, Aug. 28, 2011 on Staten Island, N.Y. — Anthony DePrimo,AP Photo/The Staten Island Advance

Kevin Holligan, of the Staten Island borough of New York, kayaks across a flooded section of the borough's Hyland Boulevard after the rain and wind of Tropical Storm Irene subsided, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 on Staten Island, N.Y.

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Flooding caused by Hurricane Irene is seen near Trenton, N.J. Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Rich Schultz

Flooding caused by Hurricane Irene is seen near Trenton, N.J. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Rivers and creeks surged toward potentially record levels late Sunday as Irene, just the third hurricane to come ashore in New Jersey in the past 200 years, charged to the north and left behind a mess and a sense that the state got off relatively easy.

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Streets of Long Beach Island, N.J. are flooded after Hurricane Irene moved through the area, Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Rich Schultz

Streets of Long Beach Island, N.J. are flooded after Hurricane Irene moved through the area Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Rivers and creeks surged toward potentially record levels late Sunday as Irene, just the third hurricane to come ashore in New Jersey in the past 200 years, charged to the north and left behind a mess and a sense that the state got off relatively easy.

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A motorboat passes a submerged pickup truck on Main St. in Washingtonville, N.Y., Aug. 28, 2011 following heavy rains from Irene. — AP Photo/Paul Kazdan

A motorboat passes a submerged pickup truck on Main St. in Washingtonville, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 following heavy rains. Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power.

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The Stumpy Point Congregational Holiness Church is shown surrounded by water following the effects of Hurricane Irene in Stumpy Point, N.C., Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Gerry Broome

The Stumpy Point Congregational Holiness Church is shown surrounded by water following the effects of Hurricane Irene in Stumpy Point, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The storm that spent 12-hours scouring the North Carolina coast killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds and left nearly a half-million customers without power.

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A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. Irene caused more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast to reportedly lose power over the weekend, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm.

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A historic footbridge is washed away by flood waters from Topical Storm Irene at Mt. Anthony Country club in Bennington, Vt., Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Bill Deery

A historic footbridge is washed away by flood waters from Topical Storm Irene at Mt. Anthony Country club in Bennington, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, putting parts of two towns underwater and leaving one young woman swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.

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Jimmy Rossi, owner of Canaan Village Pizza, looks out the window as water from Mascoma River rises around his restaurant in Canaan, N.H., Aug. 28, 2011 — Polina Yamshchikov,AP Photo/The Valley News

Jimmy Rossi, owner of Canaan Village Pizza, looks out the window as water from Mascoma River rises around his restaurant in Canaan, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 New Hampshire homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday.

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Flooding in the southern Maryland community of Cove Point, Md. is seen during a helicopter tour of damage from Hurricane Irene Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Brian Witte

Flooding in the southern Maryland community of Cove Point, Md. is seen during a helicopter tour of damage from Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. As flood waters receded Sunday, thousands of Mid-Atlantic residents battered by Hurricane Irene prepared to start the week without electricity.

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Leonard Runnells wades into his yard in Springfield, Vt., to tie down a dumpster in rising floodwatersAug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 Vermont homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday.

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Jim Lang sweeps silt left behind from floodwaters of the Schuylkill River at the Penn Athletic Club on Boathouse Row in Irene's aftermath , Aug. 29, 2011, in Philadelphia. — AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Jim Lang sweeps silt left behind from floodwaters of the Schuylkill River at the Penn Athletic Club on Boathouse Row in the aftermath of Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Philadelphia. It was the Schuylkill River that wreaked havoc in the area, cresting to more than 15 feet in Norristown and inundating homes with muddy water and flooding streets in Philadelphia.

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A Fairfield Beach Road home is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn. as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011. Tropical Storm Irene sent sea water flooding into shoreline communities and destroyed oceanfront homes as it surged across Connecticut on Sunday, toppling trees and cutting power to nearly half the state.

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A man walks on top of a wall next to a flooded highway in New Brunswick, N.J., Aug. 28, 2011, as heavy rains left by Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams. Flood waters rose all across New Jersey on Sunday, closing roads from side streets to major highways as Hurricane Irene weakened and moved on, leaving 600,000 homes and businesses without power.

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Windsor residents watch as water rushes over the Ascutney Mill Dam on Kennedy's Pond in Windsor, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 Vermont homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday.

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Mel Martin joins a crowd watching the raging Whetstone Brook surge over the falls in downtown Brattleboro, Vt. on Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/The Brattleboro Reformer, Chris Bertelsen

Mel Martin joins a crowd watching the raging Whetstone Brook surge over the falls in downtown Brattleboro, Vt. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border.

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Smith Brook rises out of its banks and tugs at a home in Newfane, Vt. on,Aug. 28 2011. — AP Photo/The Brattleboro Reformer, Chris Bertelsen

Smith Brook rises out of its banks and tugs at a home in Newfane, Vt. on Sunday, Aug. 28 2011. The remnants of Hurricane Irene dumped torrential rains on Vermont on Sunday, flooding rivers and closing roads from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, putting parts of two towns underwater and leaving one young woman swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.

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Rescue personnel bring stranded residents to shore on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Montpelier, Vt. Ten people were trapped by rising waters due to flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. All were rescued.

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Streets flooded at the southern tip of Manhattan as Tropical Storm Irene passes over the region, Aug. 28th, 2011, in New York. — AP Photo/John Minchillo

Streets flooded at the southern tip of Manhattan as Tropical Storm Irene passes over the region, Sunday, Aug. 28th, 2011, in New York. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network.

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A car sits submerged on Main Street in Hightstown, N.J. on Aug. 28, 2011 after Peddie Lake overflowed from Hurricane Irene. — AP Photo/Jim Gerberich

A car sits submerged on Main Street in Hightstown, N.J. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Peddie Lake overflowed from Hurricane Irene. Businesses and shops along the street were flooded. Flood waters rose all across New Jersey on Sunday, closing roads from side streets to major highways as Hurricane Irene weakened and moved on, leaving 600,000 homes and businesses without power.

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Two SEPTA trains sit on flooded tracks at Trenton train station Aug. 28, 2011, in N.J. — AP Photo/Mel Evans

Two SEPTA trains sit on flooded tracks at Trenton train station Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Trenton, N.J., as rains from Hurricane Irene cause inland flooding of rivers and streams. Some of the New Jersey communities with the highest rainfall totals from Hurricane Irene are far inland.

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A truck drives down a flooded street in Columbia, N.C., Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene. — AP Photo/John Bazemore

A truck drives down a flooded street in Columbia, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene struck Saturday. The storm that spent 12-hours scouring the coast killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds and left nearly a half-million customers without power.

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A llama named Neils, right, is seen next to two goats named Luigi, left, and Mario, as they stand on a deck in the back yard of Amy Dilk's house, which is surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, Lincoln Park, N.J. Flood waters rose all across New Jersey on Sunday, closing roads from side streets to major highways as Hurricane Irene weakened and moved on, leaving 600,000 homes and businesses without power.

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Downtown New Brunswick, N.J., can be see near the overflowing Raritan River, Aug. 28, 2011 — AP Photo/Mel Evans

Downtown New Brunswick, N.J., can be see near the overflowing Raritan River, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, as heavy rains left by Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams.

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An unidentified male hangs on to a branch in a rain swollen creek as he waits for rescuers in New City, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. He and three others went tubing in the creek and had to be rescued by New City and Stony Point fire departments' water rescue teams. With the rains and wind of Tropical Storm Irene heading north, some people went out for recreation in the unusual conditions left in the storm's wake.

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Residents watch as floodwaters from Hurricane Irene stream down Vineyard Avenue in Highland, N.Y., Aug. 28, 2011. — AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Steve Borland

Residents watch as floodwaters from Hurricane Irene stream down Vineyard Avenue in Highland, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene forced hundreds in the Hudson Valley from their homes, caused widespread power outages, closed 137 miles of the state's main highway and swelled creeks and rivers to previously unseen levels.

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Kevin Tole looks out over Quechee Main Street in Lebanon, N.H., as is floods with water from the Ottauquechee River on Aug. 28, 2011. — Polina Yamshchikov,AP Photo/The Valley News

Kevin Tole looks out over Quechee Main Street in Lebanon, N.H., as is floods with water from the Ottauquechee River Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 New Hampshire homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday.

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A propane tank floats in the floodwater that overwhelmed a road off Whaleback Mountain Road in Lebanon, N.H., Aug. 28, 2011. — Polina Yamshchikov,AP Photo/The Valley News

A propane tank floats in the floodwater that overwhelmed a road off Whaleback Mountain Road in Lebanon, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. A weakened but dangerous Tropical Storm Irene dumped up to half a foot of rain in places, flooded roads, knocked down trees and left more than 165,000 New Hampshire homes and businesses on the dark before blowing out of the state on Sunday.

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