More Rain Floods New England

A car is seen Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, resting on a tree where it ended up in Walpole, N.H. after being caught in a flood last weekend. The area, which was under a flood watch, should escape further flood damage as long as any new rainfall stays below 3 inches, Emergency Management Director Bruce Cheney told lawmakers Thursday.

Bill Cass, left, and Mike Pillsbury of the state Department of Transportation look down at Warren Brook from what is left of Route 123 in Alstead, N.H., Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Crews are trying to rebuild roads as more rain is expected over the weekend.

Sandbags surround the dam on Lake Warren in Alstead, N.H., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005. Light rain fell over southwestern New Hampshire on Friday morning and was expected to strengthen during the night, bringing a renewed threat of flooding in already saturated areas.

Friends and relatives work to clean debris from around Allen Wade's Alstead, N.H., home on Thursday, Oct. 13 2005. The Cold River raged through town last weekend scouring his property, destroying his sugar shack and dog pen while surrounding the home itself, cracking the foundation.

Flood damage is seen on Route 123 in Alstead, N.H., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, as the Warren Brook raged through the area last weekend. Alstead, N.H., a town of 2,000, suffered the most damage from last weekend's flooding. At least 12 homes were washed away and dozens more were damaged heavily. Other parts of southwestern New Hampshire also suffered serious damage.

Crews work after the water at Lake Warren crested the dam, center, in Alstead, N.H., on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. Heavy rains over the weekend caused heavy flooding in the town. As rain continued on Wednesday, forecasters predict more flooding if rainfall totals in the town exceed three to six inches.

Josh Coyle, of Woodstock, Vt., makes a phone call from the debris-strewn front yard of a family friend's house Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, in Alstead, N.H.

A house is shown Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, in Alstead, N.H., where it was deposited after being torn from its foundation and carried downstream by heavy rains over the weekend.

Jeanne Menard, of New England Search and Rescue, leads Cheerio, her search dog, through debris along what used to be Rts. 12A/123 in flood-ravaged Alstead, N.H., Oct. 10, 2005, looking for missing persons. At left is her helper, Ethan McKeen, of the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team. At least 10 people died in the heavy weekend downpours or in rain-related traffic accidents from Pennsylvania to Maine.

Bill Leach photographs a buckled section of state Route 12A, damaged during weekend flooding, Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in Surry, N.H.

Underground storage tanks is all that can be seen of Kmiec's Garage at the former intersection of Rts. 12A and 123A in flood-ravaged Alstead, N.H., Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. About 1,000 New Hampshire residents fled their homes in what Gov. John Lynch has called the worst flooding in a quarter century.

Flood waters from rain, brought on by remnants of tropical storm Tammy, ripped apart rocks from the historic twin arch bridge in Stoddard, N.H., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. From Friday evening, Oct. 7, 2005 through Sunday, rainstorms dumped as much as 10 inches on New England and the mid-Atlantic states.

A gas station is flooded in New Milford, Conn., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, near where storm drains overflow, preventing rain water from emptying into the nearby Housatonic River. Rain for the last few days has brought the rivers up to high levels, the forecast is for more rain.

A pile of debris, including tree pieces, wood and pumpkins, is shown logjammed at destroyed docks in the Connecticut River at Brunelle's Marina in South Hadley, Mass., Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. The raging river caused severe damage to the marina, after 12 inches of rain inundated the area on Saturday.

An onlooker takes in the rushing Connecticut River water as it flows over the Holyoke dam from the South Hadley-Holyoke bridge in South Hadley, Mass., Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. Towns in the area surrounding the Connecticut River received up to 12 inches of rain Saturday. The swollen river caused damage in several towns.

A pleasure boat from a marina further north up the Connecticut River sits precariously near the edge of the Holyoke dam, being held only by a rope-and-barrel restraint in front of it on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in Holyoke, Mass. Several boats came loose from their moorings following a deluge of up to 12 inches of rain Saturday, which swelled the Connecticut River to flood stage.

Repairmen monitor work being done on the flood damaged Route 119 bridge in Hinsdale, N.H., on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005.