Flooding, damage left in aftermath of Hurricane Irene

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Flooding, damage left in aftermath of Hurricane Irene

Flooding, damage left in aftermath of Hurricane Irene

A large tree lies across Beacon Street in Boston in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene on Sunday.

Cars maneuver around damage to roads in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene on Sunday in Westbrook, Conn.

Debris is scattered beneath a home facing the Albemarle Sound after it was damaged by a storm surge and flooding on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sunday.

Candy, a Bernese Mountain Dog, wanders out onto a pier damaged by a storm surge after it was flooded on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sunday.

Va. Dept. of Traffic workers place a hose to pump out flood water at the entrance of the Midtown Tunnel prior to its scheduled opening in Norfolk, Va. Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. The flood gate of Midtown Tunnel has been closed Saturday morning due to poor weather conditions in advance of Hurricane Irene arrival. During Hurricane Isabel, malfunction of the gate caused flooding of entire Midtown Tunnel.

Two boys look around a damaged home facing the Albemarle Sound after it was damaged by a storm surge and flooding on the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sunday.

Debris on the flooded Schuylkill River collect in front of the historic Fairmount Water Works located on the river below the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Philadelphia. From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene appeared to have fallen short of the doomsday predictions, but more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast reportedly lost power, and at least 18 deaths were blamed on the storm.

A security guard hangs on the door of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's SUV in the middle of a flooded street Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Margaretville, N.Y. Gov. Cuomo was riding in the SUV, and posted some photos of the heavy flooding on his flickr site. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene forced hundreds in the Hudson Valley from their homes, caused widespread power outages, closed 137 miles of the state's main highway and swelled creeks and rivers to previously unseen levels.

People walk through the mud on Melba Street near Pond Point Beach in Milford, Connecticut late Sunday afternoon on August 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene swept through the area.

John Young makes a phone call as he waits to have his stuck pickup truck pulled out of a ditch on a partially flooded road in Port Penn, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene dropped several inches of rain along the Delaware coast overnight.

Lechelle, right, and her daughter Haleigh Spalding sit in front of their flooded home after a storm surge on the Outer Banks in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Sunday.

Charles Clark of Havelock, N.C. works to restore cable service to the 4200 block of Ocean Drive in Emerald Isle, N.C. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power for several hundred thousand customers in North Carolina.

Sean Ruane begins cleanup Sunday, August 28, 2011 in Catonsville, Maryland, after Hurricane Irene passed through the area.

Shirley Larkin, 74, center, is brought down from a boat by Alban Ameti, left, a firefighter with the Lincoln Park Fire Department, and Cindy LaPoint, of the Lincoln Park first aid squad, during a boat rescue mission in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, Lincoln Park, N.J.

Brad Potter looks over family keepsakes he removed from his flooded home in South Creek, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 after Hurricane Irene hit the North Carolina coast. The storm that spent 12-hours scouring the coast killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds and left nearly a half-million customers without power

Atlantic City, New Jersey residents displaced by Hurricane Irene are evacuated Sunday, August 28, 2011.

Kevin Holligan, of the Staten Island borough of New York, kayaks across a flooded section of the borough's Hyland Boulevard after the rain and wind of Tropical Storm Irene subsided, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 on Staten Island, N.Y.

Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette looks at a collapsed bridge on Route 9 in Woodford, Vt. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.

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A large tree lies across Beacon Street in Boston in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene on Sunday.

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