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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. (AP Photo/The Staten Island Advance, Anthony DePrimo)
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A person searches for anyone who may be occupying the building as raging flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene cross Route 100, closing the main road to traffic in Waitsfield, Vt., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Sandy Macys)
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A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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A building is flooded by water that rose above the banks of the St. Jones River in Dover, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene dumped several inches of rain along the Delaware coast overnight. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bicyclists ride past the Allegria Hotel on West Broadway which was flooded from Hurricane Irene that swept through Long Island on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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A Fairfield Beach Road home is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Conn. as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Cathy Zuraw)
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Empty train tracks are seen in New York City, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene, downgraded from a hurricane, slammed the region earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)
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North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, right, speaks with an Red Cross worker about damage Hurricane Irene left behind in Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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Village of Mamaroneck, N.Y. rescue swimmers ride on the front of a pay-loader en-route to their next mission during Hurricane Irene in Mamaroneck during Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. ( AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr)
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Downtown New Brunswick, N.J., can be see near the overflowing Raritan River Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, as heavy rains left by Hurricane Irene are causing inland flooding of rivers and streams. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Waves crash along a seawall as Tropical Storm Irene, downgraded from a hurricane, slammed into Fairhaven, Mass. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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Caution tape hangs in front of a house that was heavily damaged by a possible tornado in Lewes, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Delaware coast overnight. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Grand Street and West Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan is flooded, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A city worker in Alexandria examines the scene on Payne Street on Sunday where tree branches and a telephone line came down. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to nearly 500,000 customers in the region, and some residents may not have power restored for several more days. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A utility worker makes repairs on electrical lines following Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Power is returning for hundreds of thousands of people after the storm passed through coastal states in the South. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Isaac Boone (right) takes photos of the damage to his friend's Jeep as a neighbor steps in to help move the fallen tree in Alexandria on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Winds and rain from Hurricane Irene caused the tree to split. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hurricane Irene, which passed through the D.C. region on Saturday and early Sunday, damaged three row houses near Sixth and R streets NW in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Two men push a cart through a deserted Grand Central Terminal in New York on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. The Metro North commuter railroad suspended service to the north of the city ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Marjorie Anders)
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Chris McPherson, 20, of Towson, Md., kicks water on Becca Sexton, 19, of Seattle, Wash., on flooded Prince George Street as bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene lash Annapolis, Md., Saturday, August 27, 2011. The two are students at St. John's College in Annapolis. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Omar Said, 24, walks down Main Street covered in a plastic bag as bands of high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Irene lash Annapolis, Md., Saturday, August 27, 2011. (J.M. Eddins, Jr./The Washington Times)
