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it seems vermont has taken a real kicking. >> reporter: hey, piers. they are shocked in vermont. this is a state known for skiing, for mountains, not tropical systems. in parts of vermont you have rivers crest right now. this is the winewski river waters, but the river is a quarter mile down the road. it's cresting now. we expect by tomorrow there will be no more water here, but there will be mud in homes. 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. regardi

a team of doctors and nurses are heading to vermont.'m joined by independent senator from vermont, bernie sanders. senator, you saw the devastation firsthand. how bad is it? >> it's very bad. i think everybody knows vermont is one of the most beautiful states in this country. it's a small state. what we have suffered is the worst natural disaster to my knowledge in the state of vermont. hundreds of roads have been damaged and closed. dozens and dozens of bridges have been destroyed. our state employs 1700 workers. airline is not operable. we don't know how many hundreds or thousands of homes have been damaged. clearly, this is something our state has never suffered through in the past. it's horrendous. >> you mentioned the roads, bridges and rails as well. what has the storm revealed in the infrastructure up and down the eastern sea board as well. >> the event we had a few days ago doesn't happen every day. it was the worst in our history. but, what we do know is that it is absolutely imperative, not just for vermont but new jersey and

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

this is jacksonville, vermont.y are under an emergency tonight where the waters there flash flooding expected to crest in the early morning hours. irene may not have hit new york as badly as people feared but in long island they caught the brunt of the storm. susan candiotti, how are things looking now? >> reporter: you know, this area was supposed to be in the crosshairs of irene. two things were predicted and came true. there was flooding. and there were power outages. from the east end of long island, montauk, boats sweeping away and some homes were flooded. others experienced localized flooding. power outages? more than 400,000 customers remain in the dark on long island. one million customers throughout new york. at this hour, as you can see, the cleanup work is continuing at this hotel which is a few feet below sea level. consequently the lobby was flooded with sand and muck. tonight they have been sweeping out the mud from the first floor lobby and are still using water to blast away the debris and try to sh

a horrible situation in vermont.nor tells me it's probably the worst flooding ever in that state. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, wolf, and the governor is also saying that although the weather out here right now is beautiful, we're not seeing any rain, they are conducting active search and rescues for people they believe to have fallen into rivers that are continuing to crest. also they say there still is active flooding going on in low-logue areas, and here in this town i think something that upset the residents the most is the loss of historic buildings, bridges, roads, including this one. take a look at this. this is an artist studio this. building is about 150 years old. they had yoga studios in there and people would do carpentry and also a medication center. look at the yellow tape and the boarded up windows this. building has been condemocrat i'm going to show you why. this is something happening in a lot of areas of this state. look over here on this edge. can you see where this brook, this is a brook norma

it's the route to the popular vermont strao vermont ski reports. hundreds of people drive these roads each year. raging water sweeping the main bridge away. a couple of houses swept away. the president saying a hurricane of this magnitude will length then the time of recovery. >> the affects are still being felt across much of the country including new england and states like vermont where there's been an enormous amount of flooding. megyn: 7.4 million people are without power. that is nearly double the amount of outages from the last hurricane that made landfall here in the united states, -p .4 million people, many of whom are dealing with it at this moment. eight states right now are considered to be in severe stages. take a look at the map. the dark red seems significant flooding is already occurring. orange indicating it is still likely to happen, and yellow which we don't see much of suggesting that the flooding could occur without certainly. meteorologist janice dean is live in the fox extreme weather center. janice there's been a lot of talk

vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared a state of emergency making vermont elvauable for disaster relieve. >> it will take time to recover from the storm of this magnitude. the affects are being felt across much of the country. in new england and states like vermont where there has been an enormous amount of flooding. the responses continues and i want to make sure fema and other agencies are doing everything they can to help people on the ground. >> check out the video of vermont. it shows the power of irene destroying one of the state's treasures. that's the bartonville bridge. and that is just one area's dilemma. take a look at this amazing video shot by one of the ireporters in new jersey. look at that struggle. they could make it across rivers, but this time the water was too much, and yes, they sure got stuck. >>> on north carolina's banks, some people are still stranded. many people along the coast are just getting back to their homes to see the damage. >>> remember this. to

gary tuchman is live in vermont.s, this is a state surrounded by land that's not surrounded by water. >> that's right, christine. the landlocked green mountain state of vermont seen its worst flooding in 84 years. this is an example of what's going on. we're in bradle in vermont, this used to be called the wet stone brook. it's a raging rapids like you would see in the bottom of niagara falls or grand canyon. up until yesterday, for generations, children would swim in this brook. they were swimming just last week. but the waters all throughout the state of vermont, every tributary, every creek, every brook, every river has been flooded because of the waters from tropical storm irene. look what's happened because of the power of these waters, the power of these waters basically exploded this brook into more than triple its width, eroding the land under that building. that building was an art studio and a joe ga studio, three stories, and it is about to collapse into this water. no more land under there. we don't know

this is vermont.can see all the junk that's in the connecticut river there just a host of stuff floating by. again, that river has not crested just yet. there was water short time ago. there may be some trouble there. possibly a breach. we're looking into that. we will of course pass that information along as soon as you get it. the story today continues to be the power outages and what you're look at right now. a lot of communities dealing with flooding. here's a picture of east haven, connecticut, of course, two people died in the state of connecticut as a result of the -- irene. there was a man that was -- a man fell off a canoe in the flooded street. a fire killed a woman in connecticut. more than 700,000 people -- 700,000 were without power in connecticut at one point. vermont dealing with historic flooding right now from the remnants of irene. i'm going to talk with that state's lieutenant governor about the massive clean up effort in vermont. >>> former vice president dick cheney's advice to ra

and there you see vermont sitting right there, brian. almost every inch, as i mentioned, recovering from flooding this evening. five all time record crests. in other words, the river has never gotten that high on rivers across the state of vermont. >> well, jim, help a layperson out here. you and i were on the air most of the weekend tracking this storm. most people thought, enough already, this is the tail end, it was booking out of here. >> right. >> and frankly, this destruction in new england took a lot of us by surprise. did it take meteorologists by surprise? >> well, the problem was, this was really set up to be a problem. because there was so much rain up here. you and i actually talked about philadelphia and new york setting all time wettest augusts and that wet weather has continued all the way up through new england. when you start looking at the pictures and the rate of the rainfall, we're bringing a tropical system to the northern latitude, that always means trouble. that always means trouble. and as you can see from some of

amber being back out to you in vermont. vermont, there's no water. it's a landlocked state. that i imagine if you're living in vermont you're not thinking about a hurricane. what is the mood of the community that you're in. >> reporter: these people have just been in awe, brooke. they say they've never seen anything like this. we've talked to some people who have lived here all 80 years of their lives and they were not expecting this massive flooding to come through here now and if you see this group of people coming over on that vehicle there, that is the only road. it's a side dirt road if you take a four-wheeler, that's the only way to get into this town. this is people used to traveling back and forth on this road and now 800 of them, 400 miles behind me just stuck. so they are frustrated, they are in awe, and above all, many people are just happy that -- especially in this area that these homes are all in tact that their homes were not damaged, brooke. >> i don't know whether vermont has the capability or the machinery to put all of those roads and bridges together. hav

, sandra sanders of vermont, a disaster in vermont.so we're all over those stories and all over what's going on in syria, new developments right now and also in libya. >> quite a situation in "the situation room." thank you very much. >>> 2,500 stranded on north carolina's remote hatteras island after hurricane irene wiped out the only road in and out. coming up next we'll talk to a red cross worker who is there. be right back. we search, browse, and shop from anywhere. we live in a social world. isn't time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them for the things you love from amazom.com and more. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare ins

all the way up to vermont.nd, throughout the course of the weekend, we heard from the governor of almost every one of those states, and the underlying message in asking -- is they will be needing emergency funds from the federal government. what do you think about that? given our state of affairs right now? >> well, you know, listen, there is no question that the people of the commonwealth of virginia have been through an awful lot over the last week, as you recall, the epicenter of that earthquake was actually in central virginia, my district, with significant damage and on the heels of that we had hurricane irene and this is time and an appropriate instance where there is a federal government role and the governor today is out surveying the damage, especially in the low-lying areas in the hampton roads area of the state and we will find the money. if there is a need for additional money. but, where we are martha, is those monies are not unlimited and what we have said is we have offset that which has been fun

in vermont 4 to 8 and totals as much as 16.g at the totals where the flood threat remainst that hour. major flooding still expected in many of the areas. it will take a while for all of the water to recede, so we have a dozen states under flood warnings still at this time. all right. plum point, maryland, you had nearly 13 inches of rain. tuxedo park, new york, 11.5. delaware had 10 inches there. and here is virginia, suffolk, more than 11 inches for you, and newland, virginia, 10.5, and down here in burlington, connecticut, 8.7, and walden, vermont had 7.6. the wind is a big deal for some folk, and these are some of the highest amounts we could find at 91 in sayville, and 72 in chesapeake beach in maryland, and in laguardia, 67. and 64 in fire island. that storm is out of here and in canada, and what we call extra tropical so no more worries about irene other than the cleanup and dealing with the damage that we already have. but this is of course, active time of year for tropical system ises and e es and we are watch hurricane

right now, flooding is the biggest concern, and vermont is seeing the worst of it. their governor calls it the worst flooding in a century in that state. further south in new hope, pennsylvania, the delaware river is surrounding homes and many people at this hour are still without power and many more without power for a few days. the damage from the storm is estimated in the billions of dollars. president obama said it will take time certainly to recover from irene. >> the effects are still being felt across much of the country including in new england and states like vermont where there's been an enormous amount of flooding. so, our response continues, but i'm going to make sure that fema and the other agencies are doing everything in their power to help peel on the ground. >> and we have live pictures from the white house briefing room where any minute pres secretary jay carney is expected to be joined by craig fugate, and fema's relief as well as the cost that a lot of people are talking about the staggering amount of money to help those in need. and ron bloom is

in vermont, susan hammond had grown up near that covered bridge. how did you feel when you saw that through your lens? >> it was devastating, as you can tell. >> i put all my photos on flickr. >> reporter: chris doesn't care about being paid, he just loves to share his pictures. like this one. >> on top of the photo you've got these dark clouds, a bit scary looking. >> reporter: but then the sun, and the end of irene. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: worth a thousand words. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> we saw? problem and saw an opportunity -- we saw this problem and saw an opportunity. >> new at 6:00, it looks like any other house. we'll see why this bay area home could help solve the mortgage crisis. >>> a bay area wind farm gets an upgrade. thousands of turbines are coming down. what's going up in their place that will le

that's what vermont is. it's a collection of communities spread out across the state connectsed by roads and bridges. it it's hard to get to places because there's been so much damage. i want to show you the damage we're looking at here. it's some of the worst we've seen. this building used to be home for a number of artists. it's a three-story building, you can see. the first floor has been, the corner of the building has been completely washed away by the flood. keep in mind this river here used to be a creek. it used to be up there in that direction. it came down the hill with such force that it tore out this part of the land here, ripping out all that, which supported that building. now that's what you have. it looks like it's going to slide even further and perhaps slide into this new river that's here. just an amazing sight. we were talking to some of the artists who were here earlier. they watched it gradually fall apart as the waters kept raging in this direction. now they're trying to figure out wha

, a native from vermont. thanks for sharing your photos and your observations this morning. >> thank you very much. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is warning residents they aren't out of the woods just yet. nine rivers have hit record flood levels, nine. alon long the passaic river in patterson rescues were still taking place three days after the storm. seven are confirmed dead, an eighth man is still missing. the storm flooded several miles of rail line and washed away portions of two major highways. the headline "a waterlogged state." patterson is the district of new jersey congressman bill pres grow. he's with us on the phone. tell us what you're seeing right now. >> chuck, i've been throughout the passaic river basin over the last few days. the hurricane has caused a very severe flooding in the area. records certainly of the last 30, 40 years. we're about to crest the passaic river about 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. it will crest from little falls just about patterson about 13.2. you have to go back

we don't have many in vermont. >> there is also a missing person i gather in vermont. has that -- >> well, this is the toughest part is that as you probably know, we lost one woman on the first day of the flood in wilmington, vermont. today, we found two other individuals who worked for the city of rutland. we found one, and we're searching for the other. we had a young -- a man die in ludlow, who drowned there. so we are at three confirmed deaths and we are searching for a fourth individual. and these are just devastating stories that break your heart. the other challenge we have is just the amount of infrastructure that we've lost. i mean, covered bridges. we have lost cemeteries, businesses, houses. you know, whole communities are struggling to stay afloat here in terms of the kind of losses that we're experiencing. so it's really been a tough, tough whack for us here in vermont. >> well, do you have any idea the kind of economic damages it's going to cause your state? >> you know, we're still in crisis management. i'm trying to save lives and get people to safety.

he'll go to virginia, north carolina and vermont. will spend time in the granite state as well. isha is back with a 360 bulletin. >> officials at yellowstone national park say a victim found dead was the victim of a bear attack. 59-year-old john wallace was discovered friday. he died from traumatic injuries after being mauled by a bear. it's the second fatal bear attack at yellowstone this summer. >>> a los angeles judge ruled details of michael jackson's sexual molestation case are off limits for the upcoming trial of dr. conrad murray. the defense wanted a detective to testify about drugs found during a search related to the molestation case. a judge said that's too far in the past to be brought up at the manslaughter trial. >>> and nancy grace will reportedly be competing on the new season of "dancing with the stars." we will be watching. it's not been confirmed yet. >> get out of here. >> seriously. i have this image. you have seen "dirty dancing". >> yes. >> you know the one where jennifer gray runs and is hoisted aloft by patri

a tough going in vermont.ure is and they're coping with the staggering loss of life in new england, especially vermont, an employee from a water treatment plant in rutland was swept away along with his 24-year-old son when a reservoir crumbled while inspecting it, another man found dead in a lake in southern vermont, one woman was 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,

again, pictures there out of vermont. a close eye on the latest development for crews across the northeast. flooding and power outages are big problems for hundreds of thousands in the region. so are falling trees. this one in braintree, massachusetts, directly back on to the home of this property. some of the worst damage is in connecticut where families have been rescued from drenched neighborhoods and kept clear of downed power lines. ann thompson joins us live from east haven, connecticut. anne? >> reporter: all around me is damage from irene. a strip of beach where the local officials say some 40 houses were damaged. 25 of those homes have now been declared a complete loss. as you can see behind me, family members have now been allowed back into this area to salvage what they can and assess the damage for themselves. it is heart-breaking. this house over here has been declared a total loss. the front part, lower front part of the house was completely taken off by this storm. we have seen homes on this road that were

that is, in effect, what's happened in vermont where floodwaters brought by irene have left 13 towns cut off from the rest of the world. and their water treatment plants have failed. 13 towns where people have no water and no escape. elsewhere in the storm zone, 2.8 million homes and businesses in 13 states and the district of columbia still have no electricity. the death toll so far this evening is 44. and have a look at this. this is patterson, new jersey. patterson is a city of 146,000 west of new york. nearly a thousand people were rescued there today by water craft as the passaic river keeps on rising. it's not expected to crest until this evening. we have two reports tonight beginning with wyatt andrews in brattleboro, vermont. >> reporter: as impressive as the damage has been here in vermont, today the response got more impressive. 500 road crews got very quickly to work and emergency teams combed these hillsides in all terrain vehicles looking for residents who had been stranded. >> reporter: in the town of jamaica, catherine hatinguais and suzanna maggi were rescued after th

that gives you the situation here in vermont. our biggest concern is now that nightfall has come and water is continuing to rise, because even though the rain will be ending in the next few hours, we expect the water will continue to run into rivers and streams. we're definitely still very actively battling this storm. >> jill, i understand that the governor had chosen not to evacuate the state but now there are some evacuation orders being issued for some of these lower downtown areas. how is that going to sghoshg. >> that's right. for example, the state capital, they have a few rivers that converge right in the city so they're used to this. this is a little bit higher level than what they're used to but they do have evacuation plans in place an citizens are made aware. luckily we did have enough notice about this storm so we're implementing those across the state. that being said, our emergency folks are certainly being stretched very thin right now which is why we're really hoping that people if they're safe can stay where the

waters still rising, vermont facing the worst flooding since 1927. this looks straight out of a picture postcard. one of those covered bridges just getting overcome with water, the water final rell treating in places but still cresting or yet to crest in others. we're joined now from fort wilson with gary. gary, what's the situation there? >> anderson, we're in the northern part of vermont near the state's biggest city of burlington, and these are the waters from the wimuski river. but we're nowhere near the wimuski river. the river is behind me about a quarter mile. this is just beginning to crest an hour after the worst tropical storm came through. but the worst damage is in the southern part of the state where we spent much of the day, and that's where creeks and brooks became raging rapids, hundreds of places that were just ponds where children used to swim became rapid. and in three cases, fatalities, three people have been confirmed dead in vermont, another person was missing. it's incredible, the sights we saw. in one particular place, we saw

virginia, north carolina and vermont. where floodwaters are still r e rising, higher than they've been there in 80 years. the governor saying entire communities in his state are under water with hundreds of residents still trapped. 260 loads washed out by flooding in the state making the effort to reach people who need help that much harder. amber lion is live in saxton river, vermont. the governor says in some cases, they can't even get into these towns to assess the damage. in other cases, these towns have been wiped out. >> i mean, that is the biggest issue facing the rescue crews and people trying to get in and help some of the communities and here in saxton river if you look behind me this is one of the main roads through town. when the local river flooded it caked on a layer of mud that makes this nearly impassable. yesterday, we were trying to get about 30 miles northwest and we kept running into road block after road block. you would see residents pulling out maps trying to figure out ways to get around the state,

flooding from hurricane irene devastates vermont. roads washed out, entire towns cut off. >>> a message from god? gop presidential hopeful michele bachmann is in hot water over her comments on the storm. she says it was just a joke. >>> and submarine soldiers. what were they thinking? some national guard troops get what were they thinking? some national guard troops get in way over their heads. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us, i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. hurricane irene may be gone, but it's clear this morning that the danger from that storm will last for days, and recovery efforts will take weeks. here's the latest this morning. the death toll in 11 states has risen to at least 40. more than 5 million homes and businesses remain without power from north carolina to maine. and travel by air, rail, and road is still disrupted. airlines say it may take days before stranded passengers get to where they're going. in the northeast, particularly vermont, disastrous flooding continue

waters still rising, vermont facing the worst flooding since 1927. 260 roads affected. numerous bridges including some right off of a picture postcard. one of those covered bridges just getting overcome with water, the water final rell treating in places but still cresting or yet to crest in others. gary tuchman joins us from. gary, what's the situation there? >> anderson, we're in the northern part of vermont near the state's biggest city of burlington, and these are the waters from the wimuski river. but we're nowhere near the wimuski river. the river is behind me about a quarter mile. this is a street and flooding in northern vermont is just starting to crest an hour after the worst tropical storm came through. but the worst damage and the worst devastation is in the southern part of the state where we spent much of the day, and that's where creeks and brooks became raging rapids, hundreds of places that were in some cases just ponds where children used to swim became rapids. and in three cases, fatalities, three people have been confirmed dead in vermont, another pe

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joining us now from burlington, vermont, is bernie sanders from vermont, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> my pleasure. >> some of the worst pictures, some that just really had my jaw dropping were taken just down the road from where you are right now in burlington from waterbury, vermont. can you give us an assessment of what's happening on the ground there in situations like the one you are currently in? >> actually, i was just in waterbury a few hours ago. what we are looking for, melissa, three people are known to be dead and we fear another life has been lost. hundreds of roads has been closed, amtrak has been shut down, tens of thousands of people are without electricity. we are seeing severe damage to 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

. >> brown: the vermont national guard sent in helicopters a heavy trucks today to get supplies to hundreds of people. the dramatic relief effort was triggered by hurricane irene's weekend assault. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: the airlift order went out as a dozen vermont towns lay cut off after irene sent rivers of rainwater surging down hills and mountainsides. >> we've seen so many heartbreaking stories. we need all the help we can get. >> suarez: cavendish, hancock, pittsfield, stockbridge, strafford, and stratton were among the places hardest hit. statewide, 260 roads and 30 bridges were washed out by 11 inches of rain. >> water started coming through the front door, i knew it was getting bad. and once the walls started to break and the molding started to pop, i knew i was really in trouble. >> suarez: roads turned into rivers in upstate new york and new jersey, as well.

million americans still without power going into tonight. 13 separate communities in the state of vermont alone are still cut off. there were 700 boat rescues today in just the state of new jersey. it goes on and on and connecticut, 1,000 roads, at least, still blocked. north carolina, this storm changed the map of the outer banks as they had feared. crippled infrastructure in new england. these power outages, 500,000 in connecticut. 300,000 in new jersey, have, as you might imagine, dramatically cut into the quality of life and people's ability to make a living. we begin with michelle franzen. she is in manville, new jersey, michelle, good evening. >> reporter: you mentioned the water rescues. it's not hard to believe when you're dealing with this storm. people are still not trying to escape the floodwaters. they are overwhelmed with the cleanup. rising rivers unleashed more pain today in the northeast. and help rushed in just as quickly to those areas hardest hit by irene. in patterson, new jersey, one family after another were rescued by boat as their homes and neighborhood fell victim

, 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, kyra. we're seeing some record inland flooding in new jersey. the mayor, chris christie, took an aerial view of the flooding. major, major problems even away from big rivers and away from the coast. the mayor is warning still of possible record flooding in the next two days. you had a lot of rain here before the storm. it soaked the ground. dams are still at risk here in knowledge. in millburn they certainly got the brunt of it. we're by this river in the middle of town, kyra. this crested, if you can believe it came all the way over, gushing into the streets and all the local businesses here on main street. i had

gregg: for more on the severe flooding in vermont, that's right, vermont, our next guest shows us onlephone. christopher is moderator founder of the town news site. christopher, talk to us about the flooding there. how bad is it. >> today as everyone is saying is a very nice day. yesterday we got some of the worst effects of irene in brattelboro. there was a study rain that caused massive flooding and power outages. vital routes between our towns have been washed out . streams over ran their banks. we have the wet stone brooke that wind through town and it washed away our farmer's market. it jumped downtown and flooded lots of businesses, a motorcycle shop, boys and girls club, autobody shops, the hair salons. gregg: christopher, we were showing our viewers pictures a moment ago of a car floating down a river, and then we took another shot of, is this the one -- yeah here comes the car. this is unbelievable. it looks like a late model car if that is any consolation. how bad did it happen to people there? >> well, it was kind of unexpected. we expected the hurricane, but a flash flood

what's going on in vermont? >> well, ed, i was in a helicopter running all over the state today, and i want to say first, vermont has suffered the worst natural disaster in history of the state. second of all, i am extraordinarily proud of the police officers, the firemen, the emergency medical people who have been out there, the national guard, they've done an extraordinary job saving lives, getting food to people. people are really coming together in the face of this disaster. the fact of the matter is is, and you made this point very clearly, i've always believed that this is the united states of america, u-n-i-t-e-d, that we are one of a nation. that when there is a problem on the east coast, people in the midwest who have suffered through tornadoes, they're there for us. this is what makes us a nation. and the idea that anybody in the united states congress could say, i don't care. we're going to allow communities to be devastated and we've had to close hundreds of roads. dozens of bridges in the state of v

las proporciones de la catÁstrofe que deja irene en vermont.sas como esta. >> vimos afuera de la ventana que estaba corriendo el agua por la carretera. y ahÍ mismo los bomberos nos tocaron la puerta para que evacuÁramos. como cinco o 10 minutos habÍamos salido de esta calle. >> por lo -260 calles se convirtieron en rÍos. era natural ver carros flotando en las calles y residentes en los techos. los daÑos en infraestructura son enormes. >> creciÓ impresionantemente. una de las calles principales del pueblo, prÁcticamente era un rÍo. >> trataban de sacar el agua de su residencia, voluntarios de la cruz roja asisten a los evacuados. >> 400 personas mÁs o menos que se alojaron con nosotros en nuestros refugios. nos vamos a quedar aquÍ para prestar asistencia a la gente. >> el gobernador asegurÓ que alrededor de 35.000 personas permanecen sin electricidad y las labores de recuperaciÓn continuarÁn. >> barack obama destinÓ fondos federales para los evacuados de estas inundaciones. >> gracias viviana por ese completo informe. mientras tanto la ciudad de

. >> reporter: driving rains overwhelmed areas of upstate new york and vermont. the water ripping away this 141-year-old bridge. route 12 was washed away along the carolina coast. rivers were fished their banks. trees were snapped and power lines brought to the ground. hundreds of thousands are still without electricity this morning, and in some of the hardest hit areas. it could be more than a week before the power is restored. of course, the lights still on here in times square. they may call new york the city that never sleeps, but this weekend this area and the entire east coast got a rude wake-up call from irene. that's the latest from here in times square. i'm jay gray. lynn, now back to you. >> jay, thanks so much. >>> well, vermont was not thought to be a prime target of irene, but by the time the storm reached the state yesterday its hurricane force winds had been downgraded. still, irene packed enough rain to get a shocking punch to the area. nbc's randy gillenhall reports. >> reporter: tropical storm irene dumped water into every nook and cranny in sou

in vermont it appears the opposite is happening. people were caught off guard by the onslaught of flooding. the state ordered no early mandatory evacuations. many small towns are submerged. rescue teams are scrambling and it looks like the worst may have happened with the report of a woman missing. a lot of action is now happening in brattleboro, vermont. that's where cnn's gary tuchman is. >> reporter: marty, for generations up until yesterday children would swim here. this is the wetstone brook. it was totally placid, a thin creek where children have played for much of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. this is no longer the wet stone brook. this is the wet stone rapids. the power of irene in vermont has turned brooks and creeks into rapids. looks like what you would see at the grand canyon, at niagara falls. this is an office building with art studios and the power of the water exploded the brook three times what it was before. the building is now about to fall into this brook. we talked to one of the owners inside t

fortunately we have our vermont national 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 helped by other states that were using their helicoptering in food and supplies. they will build temporary bridges, temporary road, get trucks of water in. we can take care of the short term. it won't be easy. it won't be comfortable for the people who are there. thank goodness it's not in the middle of the winter. but the long term is going to be very, very difficult to repair some of those roads. >> ifill: is the worst passed? have all the rivers crested? >> we think the worst has passeded. there's still a certain amount of run-off from the mountains. there's still a lot of fast- moving water which of course creates a danger for people who come too close to the banks. that's where some of the deaths have occurred in vermont. but i think the worst is passed. certainly the weather report is such that we're going to have some clear weather. if we were to have another

the saying you can't get there from here is so true in vermont. >> nbc's ron allen in vermont., we appreciate it. thank you. >>> officials just issued a new weather warning along several rivers and creeks in new jersey this morning the coast guard rescued folks flooded out in patterson. the rescue boats were floating along a residential street. take a look at those pictures. meanwhile utility crews are scrambling to restore power to about 285,000 homes and businesses still without electricity in the aftermath of the storm. nbc's michelle franzen is live for us in manville. with all that water that the storm has left behind, how difficult has it been to get to the flood victims? >> reporter: it's been very difficult. i mean the floodwaters -- we're in the northern part of new jersey that's been dealing with this in the initial aftermath of irene. now we're hearing down the floodwaters have moved down to other communities they're having some of the same issues. the helicopters, the overhead view shows that they're either having to go in by boat, obviously and firefighters sometim

. >>> este es el desolador panorama que deja en vermont, las inundaciones son las peores, incluso estescribe las imÁgenes que vio >>> el rÍo se creciÓ y parte del pueblo, fue prÁcticamente inundado, wall street las calles principales del pueblo, prÁcticamente era un drÍo ayer >>> en la zona de desastre, las carreteras fueron arrasadas por el iguagua al igual que 6 puent. >>> dado el refugio, a miles de personas y estamos va estamos de dar a comer a miles otras >>> el presidente barack obama declarÓ el estado de emergencia en vermont y asegurÓ que no a bando na rÁ a los afectados con las inundaciones. y realmente se vivi ue una verdadera emergencia en vermont, aquÍ se arrastrÓ la parte trasera de un taller de artista, por fortuna no habÍan personas en este lugar. sin embargo, alrededor de esta Área donde hay inundaciones, donde el cruce de carro nuest, momento muchas personas estÁn haciendo tambiÉn el retiro de las aguas, precisamente de los de sus lugares. nosotros nos encontramos precisamente con una voluntaria de la cruz roja americana y nos explique la situaciÓn que si vive. >>> es