. >> reporter: tropical storm irene dumped water into every nook and cranny in southern vermont. it caused rivers to overflow. >> everybody's homes are going to become on the water. >> reporter: families were caught off guard in west bralgtsborough evacuating their homes as the water suddenly rose. >> i'm waiting for my husband to help the neighbors make sure them and they are kids are all right. >> reporter: it all happened so fast as irene tore through southern vermont. it's difficult to explain just how fast this water rose. in just six minutes that house was completely dry. it is now completely under water. it's bringing back memories to the streets spring floods. these roads are completely washed out. there's debris every where, sxets not even the worst. in downtown quiet creeks became raging rivers. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: businesses and neighborhoods are under water, and it's still rising. >> it's the weirdest thing i have seen. i see it in tv all the time. i see it in movies. i never thought i would actually get to see it in real life. >> reporter: studly debris again

a dozen towns in southern vermont are isolated by flood damaged roads and bridges.recedented damage in that area. >> reporter: flooded roads and power outages are preventing first responders from reaching residents in the vermont hills. >> in one town people are on dialysis can't get out for their treatments. we are trying to get vehicles to them. >> reporter: irene's raging floodwaters left people in vermont with a massive clean- up. forecasters are now warning that some rivers are still rising. more floods are possible. across the border in windham, new york, irene wiped antonia's business but in a town that's barely still standing, she considers herself fortunate. >> we're lucky in comparison to others. [ crying ] >> we have our building. other people have nothing. their homes are gone. >> reporter: in north carolina, where irene first came ashore, clean-up and rebuilding efforts are in full swing. john koch is scrambling to get his restaurant back in business. >> need to get open. it's not just a matter of the business end but we have 200 employees and their liv

wyatt andrews is in southern vermont this evening. >> reporter: scott, here in the green mountains of new york, the residents told me the eight inches of rain they got from irene seemed to come down all at once. and that turned the tiniest of mountain streams into the mississippi. no hurricane warning ever prepared people in the mountains for this. whole houses were washed off the mountain side, and deposited on the road. others were shredded and embedded in the trees. vermont is still counting the number of washed out bridges, including the famous covered bridge in bartonsville. which gave way to an unprecedented wall of water. but it's the dozens of back country roads that are now washed out and buckled which are causing the greatest concern. on the other side of these mountain roads, hundreds of residents are stranded, and an exodus from the hills has begun. >> can you see bits and pieces of houses in the trees. it's terrible. it's absolutely devastating. >> reporter: with residents like rob and quinn carrying out what they can. for now you're moving out? >> well -- >> yeah. we won

. >> some of the worst damage is in southern vermont. rivers and creeks overflowed yesterday forcing some families to evacuate their homes on short notice. within the last 90 minutes new york's three major airports reopened after shutting down over the weekend. jfk, la guardia, and newark stopped # service because of irene. 11,000 flights were canceled across the country and that is expected to cause problems today as stranded passengers try to get to their destination. >> depending on an airline's ability to accommodate the passengers on canceled flights it could take several days to do so. >> two flight tionz to newark -- two flights to newark one flight from jfk has already been canceled. you can get more from irene on our website. just click on the irene tab. >>> today marks six years since hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf coast. we want to show you the scene outside the super dome in new orleans. broken levies triggered devastating flooding. 1800 people were killed in that storm. rebuilding continues in the hard hit ninth war

first thing this morning it was southern vermont, then central vermont and now northern vermont. i'm looking out the our emergen center here, the field behind us is flooded and approaching our building. >> has the rain stopped up there, mark? >> no, it's still raining. the national weather services says we have a couple more hours to go. that was one of the scary parts this morning when we got the first calls of flooding. we knew the heavy rain had not even started yet. heavy rain being a relative term here. >> and when you look, mark, at this rushing water, not sure if you're at a television, but we are showing this rushing water from one of our ireporters, what concerns you most about conditions like this. >> you know, we are always focused on public safety. we want people to stay safe, stay clear of certainly waterways like this, but any time you encounter water during a flood, even if it's on your road, you shouldn't drive over it, shouldn't try to cross it we had a young woman swept away by floodwaters today. she has not been found. she's feared dead. >> mark, any idea how l

. >> heavy rain and flooding ice sole yaited a dozen towns in southern vermont sunday. there are special trucks in the areas passable to them but may not be to the general public, crews are working to restore power to people on the east coast. the storm has been blamed for 42 death autos in patterson, new jersey workers are still rescuing people stranded by flooding and they carried this baby across the wood bood this morning. crews have carried at least 500 people to a nearby college. >> and there is record keepers say once done this, will likely be the second largest rain storm in more than a century. but with this destruction comes beauty. take a look at this impressive water fall. >> that is pretty. you want to talk about bad timing. fema says the money used to help people hit by disasters is almost gone. >> janet napolitano talked about the problem today. >> a thousand people are still living in emergency shelters and waiting to hear if homes made it. she says fema is putting a hold on long term projects like rebuilding roads and schools so people can get immediate

able to answer it because this has never happened in this particular area in brattleboro in southern vermont. we have talked to old timers who lived here a long time. they have never seen it and they don't know how long it will last. we do know earlier in the day this was covered with water. the water has receded. you still have raging rapids there and this isn't the only building that's near this brook. there are other buildings here, too. a lot of neighbors are scared for their houses to be affected by the immense power of water raging down this brook. >> gary, thank you very much. let's get the latest on what used to be irene now. >> tropical storm irene, the last advisory has been written on. the elongated center has lost the characteristic. that's the end. it's moot because we are seeing 50 miles per hour wind gusts in albany. you can see it's now zipping to the north-northeast at 26 miles per hour. it's moving but once again it is no longer tropical storm irene. it has lost its tropical karkh tris tickets and will get out of the picture quickly. what's next is flooding. you just heard

. >> some of the worst damage is in southern vermont. rivers and creeks overflowed yesterday. forcing families to evacuate their homes on short notice. >>> now who will pay for the hurricane irene recovery effort? state and local governments already in bad economic shape. coming up at 6:14 we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. bureau with president obama's request and how it could cause fallout among lawmakers. >>> 6:06. happening right now boy a backlog of flights at sfo and airports around the country as new york airport starts to reopen. this is outside of sfo. now new york's three major airports reopen this morning after closing over the weekend because of hurricane irene. we just found out that three flights set to take off this morning to those airports are still canceled. two others heading for charlotte they are also canceled. passengers trying to get to san francisco are the ones facing the most trouble. 24 arrivals from cities around the nation are now canceled. >> depending on an airlines ability to accommodate the passengers off of canceled flights it

particularly in southern vermont now, the waters are gone but the mud remains. there is so much tragedy here. three people have been killed here, one person is missing. there is shock because the creeks and brooks turned to raging rapids. even old timers have never seen it before in vermont. >> it would be pertinent about the discussion we are having about the media and warning. were the warnings substantial enough or regular enough in vermont? did people know what may be coming? >> first of all, there is a lot of resentment in vermont when people say this was hyped. this is the worst tropical system they have faced. people died and there are tens of millions of damage. regarding the preparations in vermont, what you had was an incredible system. we are used to covering hurricanes where it hits one or two places and ukt evacuate north or west and get out of the way. the entire state of vermont was liable to get hit. most people here live near brooks, near creeks that they know could be raging rapids and there is nowhere to go. that's one of the problems. everyon

year-old son when a reservoir crumbled while inspecting it, another man found dead in a lake in southern vermontas whisked after as she watched the rapidly rising river with her boyfriend. friends and neighbors are in disbelief. >> simply a monumental tragedy. on a number of levels. that frankly, i have no words to describe. >> they didn't have no .han i looked out there, there was a set of tail lights. >> i tried yelling, but it was no good. the river was at such a roar, that it was unreal. march so bad. -- martha: so sad. and in new york, up near the connan border -- canadian border, two young women died when their car plunged over the edge of a washed out ridge, homeowners heard the screeching tires after the girls missed the barricade and saw the vehicle bobbing in the water. these are awful, sad pictures, and we're thinking about you folks, in new england. hang in there. bill: vermont is best known for its historic covered bridges. there are about 100 of them across the state. at least two or three were entirely destroyed by irene. eight others suffered significant damage. they might have t

we are standing in southern vermont, next to what was yesterday. for generations, a peaceful brook called the when thestotst brook. it was ten feet wide before yesterday. it's now about 90 feet wide. the powers of the waters, more than 260 straights under water in the state of vermont. basically they exploded this brook into four or five times its normal width. this is an art studio, three-story art studio. the land under the right side of the art studio disappeared when the waters started flowing through, now hanging precariously and could collapse at any time. the saddest news here in the state of vermont, one woman fell into these brooks yesterday, up in burlington, vermont. her body was recovered today. least one person killed in the state of vermont from tropical storm irene. >> gary tuchman, we'll be checking in with you in the next couple of hours. flooding is also a huge problem in new jersey. some rivers are still on the rise. poppy harlow, cnnmoney.com, is in millburn for us. the problems reach far inland, right? >> reporter: absolutely,

we still have power outages occurring in southern maine, new hampshire and vermont. the leading edge, that means portland, maine, that's heading up through southern in that new hampshire, and pretty soon will be near burlington, vermont. on the back side, we're still watching tropical storm force winds capable through the chesapeake, maryland and areas of new jersey. that's why they're telling people to still stay inside. the storm itself is moving northward. what we're watching for is the yellow and orange bands. that's the greatest potential for falling trees and damage. let me get a closer view of that. you can see this band right here head fog man chester, new hampshire, that's where you could see power outages. that's probably the worst of is it as far as the winds. here's the winds. you're on the back side of this storm. you just gusted to 54 on the back side. that's pretty incredible stuff. 43 in boston. out of any big city, far away from the center, far away from the ocean, albany, new york, i'm sure we're losing viewers in the albany, schenectady area, and th

fortunately, the waters have receded in southern part of vermont, but many homes are flooded and what we see during these catastrophes, the flooding has receded, but the problems don't, because many homes, hundreds of homes in the state of vermont are flooding flood right now, and as soon as these waters start to recede, these homeowners will see their homes are full of mud, too, with a lot of repairs to make. in the state of vermont, it's known for its green mountains, but it's inland, it's not known for hurricanes and tropical storms, and the people are suffering greatly today. back to you. >> and, gary, how long has the water been at that height at that location? >> reporter: well, right now it's really in the process of cresting. within the next couple of hours, authorities believe it will diminish, and they think by tomorrow, all this water, a huge amount of water with a very strong current, they think it will all be gone. that's what's amazing about hurricanes and tropical storms. you see all this water, and you can't imagine it disappearing but it does. one of the cases of this

the southern half of vermont is underwater. hundreds of roads, entire communities. authorities assume there are casualties but have no idea how many or where. >>> montpelier, the capital, is bracing for major emergency ahead of a river crest early monday. along the eastern seaboard, more than 4 million people are tonight without electricity. at least 20 deaths are being blamed on irene in seven states. among the victims, an 11-year-old boy killed by a falling tree. >>> it is far too early for an accurate estimate of damages but wind damage alone projected to top $1 billion. the carolinas alone could reach $400 million. a firm estimates by way of comparison private insurance payouts from hurricane katrina totalled $45 billion, not including flood losses. where is irene now? well, speeding into southeast canada and still packing damaging winds. stay with cnn for the latest on the damage caused by hurricane irene. >>> in lincoln, nebraska, 53-year-old teacher tom bare has emerged from 3 1/2-hour bypass surgery an operation that required his heart to be stopped for more

banks of north carolina, long after irene slammed ashore, we're seeing the worst devastation in vermont. southern essentially under water, hundreds of roads, entire communities. authorities assume there are casualties but have no idea how many or where. >>> mount pillier, the capital, is bracing for major emergency ahead after river crest early monday. along the eastern seaboard, more than 4 million people are tonight without electricity. at least 18 deaths are being blamed on irene in seven states. among the victims -- an 11-year-old boy killed by a falling tree. >>> it is far too early for an accurate estimate of damages but wind damage alone projected to top $1 billion. the carolinas alone could reach $400 million. where is irene now? well, speeding into southeast canada with top sustained winds still clocked at 50 miles an hour. now back to the sanjay gupta gupta special -- "the last heart attack." >>> in lincoln, nebraska, 53-year-old teacher tom bare has emrnlgerged from 3 1/2-hour byp surgery an operation that required his heart to be stopped for more than an hour. he's in the intensive ca

it was a vermont state lawmaker that shot this incredible new video just into america live from the jamaica area, part of the southern vermont. the main road through town literally broken into pieces. if you watch the video you will see where he pointed out a couple of homes that had disappeared. he sort of put a graphic on there. keep your eyes peeled. a couple of houses gone. a relief effort is underway. joining me by phone is patricia, billinger. boy do you have your hands full today in vermont. tell us a bit of what you've seen. >> i am standing by, it's actually called a brooke, it's become a river. i'm standing by a little arts warehouse business that an entire side of the building has washed away into this. what you say is a brooke is now a river. people say hurricane irene was over blown. i'm looking at the devastation and saying, maybe the winds didn't do the damage but the floods have done extensive damage. the red cross will be busy for months. megyn: our expecting damage of this size in vermont? >> i just drove into vermont this morning from manhattan. manhattan was spared the brunt of the force of it. an

vermont. the southern half of that state essentially under water.sume there are casualties but have no idea how many or where. mount pellier, the capital. more than 4 million people are without electricity across the seaboard and at least 18 deaths blamed on irene. among the vicvictims, an 11-year-old boy killed by a falling tree. wind damage alone is expected to top $1 billion. as hurricanes go, irene was not especially windy. a private rick assessment firm estimates storm-related losses in the carolinas alone could reach $400 million. by way of comparison, hillary clinton payout totalled $45 billion, not including flood losses. >>> where is irene now? speeding into the southeast portion of canada

vermont. we are a state of mountains with rivers flowing through them, and it's not like a western state or some of the big southern states where you have huge areas of dry land. we just don't have that here in vermont which abuts new hampshire. >> what do you need? >> a lot of power lines are down. we brought in crews from around the country and are dealing with that pretty effectively. really, our challenge right now is simply getting to people who are in trouble and need help. we're doing a pretty good job of it, but, frankly, we're stretching our resources. >> art. governor, we appreciate your time and we certainly wish you the best of luck getting to those folk whose need help there in vermont. thank you very much for your time. >> look at that video. it's mesmerizing to see that water. >> the power of it. >> yeah. irene hit parts of new jersey particularly hard. the storm killed two people. a woman whose car was swept away by floodwaters and a firefighter attempting a water rescue. cnn's poppy harlow is in milburn, new jersey, where the river overflowed its banks today, poppy? >> reporter: absolutely. astonis

connecticut and on up into vermont and new hampshire. on the southern end is much, much dryer air.e'll see rain ending all of the way through southern new jersey, very, very quickly as this storm, really and truly, if i can just tell you it's unwrapped, that's exactly what is happening right now. look at all of the dry air off the end of new jersey as well. with the winds and rain, here's what you expect. up goes that tract into the northern coast of maine by the >>> and we're here in lower manhattan, watching a number of emergency vehicle, kind of move around this area. dealing with this. we've said, this high tide cycle and that water beginning to move on the end of low are manhattan. robin, george. >> all this rain already falling on already saturated ground. we're going to philadelphia, we'll come back with a report from there. you already see flooding water, water is starting to rise and taking some car as way. ♪ me coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a heal

we've got that devastation throughout southern and central vermont. were prepared, emergency shelters were open, we evacuated an awful lot of people. when you get that much water in that period of time, we were taking on an inch and a half of rain an hour for a sustained period, you can't take that. vermont is the green mountain state, large mountains and valleys. as you mentioned the wet stone brook, that's a little stream most of the time. you saw what that looks like. we've got our hands full in the state of vermont assessing damage, digging out and trying to get back on our feet. >> a lot of places where the storm hit, we were worried about a storm surge or water levels rising. you have an entirely different problem. chad myers was doing a good job of describing the topography in vermont, flash flooding. you've got water coming off the mountains, you've got water coming in from the rain. there is a way that you could have been better prepared? i ask you this, governor, because this morning, we're hearing a lot of, you know, monday morning quarterb

. >>> our tropical storm irene is moving over southern new england right now. we're talking about vermontw hampshire but it's clearly left a lasting market on states south. >> we're talking new jersey and new york. >> reporter: irene made landfall again sunday morning, windy, wet and destructive. but it was slightly more subdued. quickly downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it's wind speeds fell below 75 miles per hour. as it hit new york city, the worst problem was flooding. storm surges in the east river and hudson subamerimerged low l areas and water front walkways under water. to the east in long beach, the advancing atlantic swallowed 10 to 15 foot berms to hold it back, pushing one building into the boardwalk. >> those waves are massive. that surf is absolutely pounding the shoreline and has completely wiped out the manmade they put up to protect this hotel and this boardwalk and that town. >> reporter: people in low lying areas had been told to evacuate in advance of the storm. those who chose to stay quickly found themselves in situations like this, trapped by riding

. >>> now, let's get you to vermont, whereas i said, the president has declared a state of emergency. much of the southern part of the state is flooded. vermont's governor said it was not practical to evacuate that area. what did the governor mean? >> reporter: he is absolutely right about that, randy. most of the population of the very small state lives nears creeks and brooks, and those were the creeks and brooks like this one that turned into rapids. so it was very impractical to say everybody needs to leave the creek and brook area, and that would have included the whole area, because the area was so wide. look what the rapids have done to the building. this is an artists studio. 15 artists worked in here. painters and sculptors and a yoga teacher. it used to be a swimming hole right there. a few days ago kids were swimming there, and there was an explosion of water and the build something about to collapse into the water and it has been condemned and nobody is being allowed in there. the death toll is at 21, and we know it will climb higher. that's what the governor here in vermont just told us. ther

many businesses and homes through the the state, mostly in the southern part of the state, so what we're seeing today is the state of vermont experiencing the worst natural disaster that we have experienced since 1927. at end of the day, we're going to be spending to rebuild the damage and go forward from here, it's hard to estimate, but certainly tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars if not hundreds of millions of dollars. >> senator sanders, when we hear something like that, you know, none of us want to politicize this, this is a disaster at its core. it doesn't require a political analysis, per se, but i do want to ask here about the role of the government in alleviating that kind of suffering. we may not be able to solve it, but the fact is as we're having conversations about the appropriate role of government, certainly it makes sense for a first line responder to be local, but is there a role here for the federal government to play? >> of course. of course, there is. in any democratic civilized -- even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in loui

vermont. we are a state of mountains with rivers flowing through them. it's not like a mid western state or some of the big southern states where you have huge areas of dry land. we don't have that here nor does new hampshire. >> more than 100 roads are closed in the state due to flooding. let's get the latest now on where irene is. for that we turn to chad myers at the cnn hurricane head quarters. >> it's a wide storm. like it hasn't been the whole time really. we have 40 miles per hour winds in boston. we have 30 miles per hour winds in new york city and we had winds in montreal, canada, tonight strong enough to blow buildings out of a downtown building. it's the nightmare new york city was fearing. it happened 300 miles from where the storm made landfall. most of the convection is. the flooding is already happening. it's already running off. this will be a storm that we see tomorrow. you're going to say, wow, how did that happen? we have flood warnings from maine to delaware. nearly every county that did pick up rain has hit something flooding at this point in time. there are many dams that are very close to fai

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drenching rain is taking some serious tolls on vermont where some communities may be seeing the worst flooding since the 1920s. towns like ludlow in the southern part of the state were turned into rivers.quickly water quickly poured into homes and businesses and several bridges were washed out. the state capital, meanwhile, hundreds of people are waiting to see if they still will have to be evacuated. >>> meanwhile, some beaches have already reopened along north carolina's coast despite the heavy pounding from irene. the hurricane made landfall there with devastating 115-mile-an-hour winds. abc's matt gutman rode out the storm in the outer banks. >> reporter: a day after hurricane irene passed through here, it's become obvious it spent most of its force on north carolina. right here is where a pier used to be. it is now backed into the parking lot of this restaurant in piles and about 50 yards away over there. also, can't see it, but this parking lot has been entirely cracked. governor perdue of the state has said there were $400 million of damages. that number will probably rise. worse yet, of course, is the death tollll eight people killed i

>> we'll stay down primarily in the southern part of the state and then eventually work back up to central vermont i was born -- all three of us are natives of the state. all three of us had the same reaction. we would go by and see a perfectly tranquil area and then go another mile and see devastation. i can't think of a time in my lifetime where i have seen flooding this man in this southern part of the state, and certainly not this time of year. in the spring with ice jams and all, but nothing like this. i want to make it clear in washington, that we do need help. we're a small state. we'll pull together. it's extraordinary when we see neighbors helping neighbors, and sometimes people have nothing themselves and are still helping. we need help in washington. i have already got e-mails from democratic and republican senators saying we'll help you. >> thank you so much, senator leahy, and governor shumlun. we hope things get better for the folks there in vermont. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. n

vermont. >> ifill: which areas of the state would you say were worst hit? >> i think the worst hit were down the southern part of the state. there were places like water bury which is the next town over from my own town of middle sex that was hit badly. some in montpelier and elsewhere. but the southern part of the state, as you fly over and you see bridges out, roads that have just been torn apart, it's awkward. also the capriciousness of it. you fly along and you see a small town and everything is in fine shape. fields, farm fields are fine. you go just a mile or so further and you see houses that have tumbled into the river. the road is carve out totally impassable. the fields, the farm fields where the harvest should be coming in very soon are just ruined. a whole summer's work is gone. so that's the bad part. >> ifill: we've seen reports that people have been cut off and stranded. how are you getting water and supplies (no audio). >> fortunately we have our vermont natural guard even though a lot of their equipment is over in iraq, they've used the equipment they have. i think they'll probably be he

vermont. >> ifill: which areas of the state would you say were worst hit? >> i think the worst hit were down in the southern part of the state. there were places like water bury which is the next town over, my own town of middle sex was hit badly. some in montpelier and elsewhere but the southern part of the state, as you fly over and you see bridges out, roads that have just been torn apart, it's awkward. also the capriciousness of it. you fly along. you see a small town and everything is in fine shape. fields, farm fields are fine. you go just a mile or so further and you see houses that have tumbled into the river. the road is carved out, totally impassable. the fields, the farm fields where the harvests should be coming in very soon are just ruined. a whole summer's work is gone. that's the bad part. the good part though, the spirit of the people here in vermont, i've talked to many, many people i know. many i didn't know. they were working to try to clean up. i saw one person who was helping to shovel out the muck from businesses that have been badly damaged. i said, "do you work here?" he said, "no, n

. >> and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging rivers that are far out of their banks today. let's go now live to cnn's amber lion who has been driving from what i understand, amber all around the state today. you're able to pop in front of the camera to give us a visual here. you're in brat tloboro, vermont. it's landlocked. what are you seeing? >> well, what we're seeing out here is some of these waters actually start to recede,brook. the governor spoke earlier and he said areas of higher elevations are starting to see less and less flooding. he's warning that the flooding is active. it's currently happening especially in areas of lower elevations and all across the state, there's a state of shock out here as almost every single waterway here in vermont flooded. they have said that this is the worst flooding they've seen since 1927. i want you to get a look at this building behind me. this is an artist studio. luckily everyone was able to get out okay o

vermont. have you seen a picture like this? unbelievable. the mad river completely out of control in that area. again, the crest in southern areas will take longer than the crest in northern areas. >>> hundreds of thousands of people up and down the east coast are still without power right now. abc's ron claiborne headed out to see how stranded families are getting by. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. take a look at over here at these toppled trees and ripped down power lines. this is the scene in countless cities and towns. from the outer banks, north carolina, for 900 miles to the canadian border. and many of those who lost power aren't going to get it back for many days. we met eileen and her son, anthony, as they roamed main street searching for an open store to buy water and something to read. >> i didn't think it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: like almost everyone else here, they are without power in their home. here in new jersey, population of 13,000, nearly 100% of the homes without power in the aftermath of hurricane irene. they're being told by their local utility they may not

vermont towards maine as well. big flooding concerns will continue. heaviest moving in across parts of northern new england not dealing with southern new england as muchonditions. then, if you hear anybody talking about another tropical storm out there right now, bill, there is another one that formed this morning it is jose. not to be worried about. you are going to hear people say it and it is going to make people get concerned. it is not a factor. it is around areas of bermuda. it is not going to impact. >> bill: it should be repeated. this storm is the exception, not the rule for something taking a straight turn north going up the east coast. it hasn't happened in decades. >> you are right it is not the rule. usually they deflected out to sea. that did not happen this time with this storm. unfortunate for so many people. now we have the last few hours to worry about. >> bill: rick, thank you. estimates in north carolina are high. 400 millions in damage. north carolina took a hit, especially in the eastern half of that state. death toll at five. sir, good afternoon to you. >> thank you. >> bill: our hards go out to you guys trying to deal with this

vermont and new hampshire. still windy, still rough conditions on the seas. another cycle of high tides tonight. there will still be a southernto the winds. that is going to cause another rough night potentially flooding nothing like we saw from in last one. we could see more impacts. still heavy rain across new england, upstate new york, wrapping around parts of pennsylvania. clearing for most of new jersey, long island, new york city, southern parts of connecticut, though it is still windy, no more significant rainfall. last band of rain moving across parts of maryland. will continue to wind out of pennsylvania. we are about to be done with that. still significant flooding concerns. flooding pictures coming in have been dramatic that is going to continue. some of the rivers across areas of new jersey and upstate new york, parts of pennsylvania are going to be cresting near record levels. a lot of flooding across rivers especially in the springtime. we are going to be dealing with those kinds of situations across interior sections from so much rain. >> shepard: rick reichmuth, thanks. i was getting pictures in. it is my unde

got, it so it real hit the southern end of our state and moved north, and it just really knocked us a hard punch, probably the toughest flooding we've seen in the state of vermontour history. we've had our hands full and the president has been extraordinarily helpful. >> did you ask anything specific? what did you need the more? >> more resources. we have some communities that are entirely isolated, no power, no water no, sewer. they are getting what they can from the local grocery storks but they are running out of the supplies, so, you know, really what we need now is a higher level of services in terms of help than vermont would normally call for. you know, we have really widespread damage to very small communities. you've got to remember. vermont is a lot of beautiful mountains with valleys and small brooks that run into bigger rivers. well, our small brooks have crested, our larger rivers have not so we know that there's more trouble ahead. >> did the president give you a positive response? >> he's just been extraordinary. he really reached out to me and to us. he's sending the fema director up here tomorrow, and he couldn't be more helpful. >> a lot of us