New flood dangers as East Coast reels from Irene

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JOHN CURRAN

NEWFANE, Vt. (AP) - As emergency airlift operations brought ready-to-eat meals and water to Vermont residents left isolated and desperate, states along the Eastern Seaboard continued to be battered Tuesday by the after effects of Irene, the destructive hurricane turned tropical storm.

Dangerously damaged infrastructure, 2.5 million people without power and thousands of water-logged homes and businesses continued to overshadow the lives of residents and officials from North Carolina through New England, where the storm has been blamed for at least 44 deaths in 13 states.

But new dangers developed in New Jersey and Connecticut, where once benign rivers rose menacingly high. New Jersey ordered new evacuations.

The Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey crested - causing extensive flooding along its course and forcing a round of evacuations and rescues in Paterson, the state's third-largest city.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110831/D9PF23P01.html

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Residents stand in line outside a grocery store on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rochester, Vt. The town has been completely cut off since Tropical Storm Irene hit. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

[Kelvin Mace]

1. The true tradgedy is yet to come

The GOP plans on holding FEMA funds and disaster relief hostage for more tax cuts.

And with Obama's track record, we can look for them to get 90% of what they want.

[ensho]

2. kick

nt

[geomon666]

3. I was born in Paterson

:-(