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UNITED STATES:
Floodwaters Surge as Tropical Storm Irene Lashes Northeast
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Floodwaters Surge as Tropical Storm Irene Lashes Northeast
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 28, 2011 12:32 p.m. EDT
New York (CNN) -- Trees toppled and streets flooded Sunday morning as
Irene lashed some of the biggest cities in the Northeast with wind gusts
and torrential rains.
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Even as Irene weakened to a tropical storm, authorities in the region
warned that its impact was not waning.
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"We're not out of the woods yet. Irene remains a large and potentially
dangerous storm," U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told
reporters.
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Officials said the storm had knocked out power to more than 4 million
people and was responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said flooding in his state was widespread
and advised residents to stay indoors.
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Streets in downtown Millburn, New Jersey, saw major flooding when the
Rahway River overflowed early Sunday morning, said Lt. Peter Eakley, the
town's deputy emergency management coordinator.
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"It's crazy. ... The water is moving between buildings, up, down, all
sorts of different directions," Rich Graessle told CNN's iReport.
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In New York City's lower Manhattan, the Hudson River overflowed, sending
massive amounts of water spilling over jogging paths and pouring into at
least one nearby apartment building. Water also lapped over the banks of
the city's East River early Sunday, but later receded. CNN affiliate WCBS
reported serious flooding in Brooklyn.
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Irene left streets looking barren and desolate in "the city that never
sleeps." Shelves upon empty shelves greeted shoppers at stores. Caution
tape barricaded the turnstiles at subway stops.
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But the flooding's greatest impact may be far from view, former Homeland
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told CNN.
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"The challenge of New York is that so much of the electricity and other
infrastructure is below the surface," he said.
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That means flooding could bring life in the city to a standstill even
after waters recede, he said.
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The threat of flooding extended beyond New York City. Outside
Philadelphia, waters had already climbed to street-sign levels in Darby,
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said, sending "couches, furniture, all
kinds of stuff floating down the street."
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Waves pounded the shoreline in Long Beach, New York, as water poured
underneath the boardwalk and into the city's downtown area.
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By 11 a.m. ET Sunday, Tropical Storm Irene had maximum sustained winds of
60 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was moving
inland over southeastern New York state and heading northeast toward New
England. Even as winds decreased, the hurricane center warned that an
"extremely dangerous storm surge" was expected in Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts and parts of Long Island, New York.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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In west Northeast Philadelphia (Fox Chase) rain was steady from around
4:00 P.M. Saturday until around 9:00 A.M. Sunday with rainfal light in the
last few hours. Wind was not very strong during much of this period but
there were strong gusts of wind. Low lying areas in the region near
creeks and rivers were quite another matter. SEPTA has resumed service
with many detours due to downed trees and wires. High Speed Rail remains
out of service but the Subway lines, subway surface trolley lines and
PATCO are in service or soon to resume service with the exception of
trolley lines 101 and 102 in Delaware County that go through some flood
prone areas. The Phillies game today had already been postponed as were
both games yesterday and this was also the case for major league games in
New York, Baltimore and Washington D.C. Listenting to New York City fire
dispatching via the internet has been a steady stream of reports of trees
and wires down and other havoc caused by this storm.
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