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Maryland Gov, Martin O'Malley listens Tuesday to Mike and Beth Adams describe the damage to their home from Hurricane Irene along Whiskey Creek Lane in Hollywood, Md. "One of the things that you have to see to believe is the sheer volume of big, heavy trees that have been knocked down," Mr. O'Malley said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mary Brogi walks away from her damaged home in Port Republic, Md., after a tree crashed through the roof during Hurricane Irene. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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CUSTOMERS: Residents wait outside the grocery store in Rochester, Vt., inaccessible since Tropical Storm Irene hit. It is one of many small towns in the state to receive supplies Tuesday via a National Guard airlift. (Associated Press)
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A tattered American flag recovered from World Trade Center debris is part of the Smithsonian Institution's upcoming special display of 9/11 "relics," positioned on tables rather than from behind exhibit glass. (National Museum of American History)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman and her husband in Kenya wait for food distribution from Oxfam on Tuesday. The United Nations says tens of thousands of people have died of starvation in the drought-plagued Horn of Africa.
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A broken bed lies in the mud in Gombe village in the Bulambuli district of Uganda, about 175 miles from the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Landslides killed at least 40 people on Monday, including children buried in their homes, officials said. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)
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President Obama listens to an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington on Aug. 27, 2011. He is joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (left) and FEMA director Craig Fugate (right). (Associated Press)
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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS North Main Street in Waterbury, Vt., was underwater, and almost 50,000 Vermont utility customers were without power Monday in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. Hundreds of roads were closed and a number of bridges were destroyed by the storm. Irene dumped 11 inches of rain on the state.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Richard Filipelli removes a grill from the debris of his home in East Haven, Conn. on Monday after Tropical Storm Irene blew through over the weekend. Downgraded from a hurricane, Irene still packed a punch.
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Greg Austin of Avon, N.C. tries to save a large fish that was washed out of a local pond during the storm surge from Hurricane Irene, in Avon, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)
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Vehicles line up to fill their tanks at the only gas station catering to cars and trucks opens in Buxton, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, following Hurricane Irene. Buxton is one of the communities cut off from the mainland by Hurricane Irene. The hurricane caused several breaches in N.C. Highway 12. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)
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A crew from PSE&G puts a new power line from one utility pole to another at the intersection of Jefferson Street and 5th street as the clean up from Hurricane Irene continues, Monday Aug. 29, 2011 in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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Members of the 192nd Engineer Battalion of Army National Guard from Stratford, Conn., clear debris from beach front property in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Chester Vickers surveys the bedroom of his girlfriend's daughter, which was heavily damaged by a tree that fell in high winds caused by Hurricane Irene in Port Deposit, Md., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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View of the interior damage to the Town of Keene Fire Department caused by Tropical Storm Irene in the Town of Keene, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Jarrid Gonyea and his wife Michelle Gonyea of Wilmington , N.Y., check out storm damage on Hurricane Rd. caused by Tropical Storm Irene in the Town of Keene, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Greg Walker pulls a woman with his canoe north on Winnikee Ave. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. after the Fallkill Creek flooded large areas in the north side of the city Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Journal, Spencer Ainsley)
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Locals survey the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene on Route 73 in St. Huberts, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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North Main Street in Waterbury, Vt., is underwater in the wake of tropical storm Irene. Almost 50,000 Vermont utility customers were without power Monday, hundreds of roads were closed and a number of bridges destroyed by the "epic" flooding caused by by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Burlington Free Press, Glenn Russell)
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Holly March , left, Abby March, center, and Will Uffelmann, right, all of Keene Valley help family and friends, clean up the mud damage to McDonough'd Valley Hardware Co. caused by Tropical Storm Irene in Keene Valley, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
