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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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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 A car is submerged by floodwater Sunday in Hightstown, N.J., after Hurricane Irene caused Peddie Lake to overflow. Flooding problems erupted across New Jersey as the storm passed and caused multiple road closures.
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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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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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A Zamudio's Tree Service employee works Sunday to remove a fallen tree from the roof of an Alexandria home on Enderby Drive. Utilities crews throughout the District, Maryland and Virginia worked Sunday to repair power lines, remove fallen trees and assess damage created by Hurricane Irene. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Baltimore Gas and Electric contractor Nate Mickel, of Altoona, Pa., works on a damaged power line in Annapolis on Sunday. Power companies spent much of last week planning for Hurricane Irene, calling in hundreds of extra personnel. (Associated Press)
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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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** FILE ** Environmental activists gather outside the White House on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)
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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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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)
