Irene, downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, had spared the city of New York to the destruction of many predictions, but it was not so good for the towns and villages in the road as it moved inland today. The strength of the winds of the storm off today, but heavy rains were not replaced, the swelling of rivers and streams overflowed in the New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont.
The centre of Windham, NY, was "devastated" by the floods, with 4 feet of water running through the street, said Michael scary, fire chief of the city.
Torrential rain that began Saturday night has more than 10 inches of water spilled on the normally quiet community, making the evacuation, flooding of the school buses and garages and cut access to the rest of the mountain.
West of the city, a house was torn from its foundations and swallowed by the fast moving stream, a bridge.
There were similar scenes in cities other rivers in the path of the storm today, and the fear that things will only worsen as rivers peak.
"It's not over," President Barack Obama said today at the end of a short speech from the Rose Garden.
Vermont, Brattleboro, Bennington, Montpelier and other towns have swollen rivers flooded.
Irene did not cause quite the level of destruction as it churned up the dreaded East Coast this weekend, but filled with enough punch to at least 20 dead, millions without electricity and estimated $ 7 to $ 13 billion damage.
"We're not out of the woods yet. Irene is a large and potentially dangerous storm," Homeland Security United States, Janet Napolitano, Minister said.
After the roar in the coastal waters in North Carolina on Saturday, Irene raked the coast of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey before moving to New York this morning as a tropical storm with 65 mph winds. In 10 hours today, patches of blue sky and the sun began to look through in lower Manhattan.
With heavy rain and strong winds, the storm surge created conditions along the east coast. But Irene seems to have caused less damage than expected in the New York area.
Philadelphia experienced significant local flooding in several areas, subways, trains and increased bus service in the city began to work on Sunday.
More than 4.5 million homes and businesses on the East Coast without electricity and thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, according to the Associated Press.
In New York, the 370 000 residents to evacuate their homes were commissioned for this early in the afternoon to return 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Nearly 2 million people lost power in the New York area. The National Grid reported that 19,000-plus homes in Rhode Island lost power, and the 6000-plus homes have been without power in Massachusetts.
In the south of Manhattan on Wall Street and South Street, Water of New York's East River breached the dam this morning, but has since fallen.
Irene ashore on the coast of New Jersey near the little egg inlet just north of Atlantic City, at about 5:35 estimated intensity at landfall were 75 mph.
Irene was the second time since slamming ashore in North Carolina on Saturday. While the strength of Irene has declined and evacuated residents return home, officials warned the public that the storm remains dangerous.
Irene will continue to bring heavy rains, high winds and flooding ..
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