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Dislodged houses floating in rivers and lakes. Hundreds of roads closed. Historic covered bridges destroyed.
Southern Vermont was shrouded in misery late Sunday after Hurricane Irene tore through, dumping rain on ground saturated earlier this year by snow and rain.
A woman was swept away in the Deerfield River in Wilmington and was feared dead, Gov. Peter Shumlin sold CNN.
The damage and flooding is so great, officials had no clear idea of the number of casualties.
"I think tomorrow we may find some bad things," said state police Capt. Ray Keefe. "I hope not."
Keefe, who said the flooding was the worst he has seen in 24 years, described scenes of utter devastation. "The storm essentially shut southern Vermont down," he said. "It's terrible."
Dislodged houses floating in rivers and lakes. Hundreds of roads closed. Historic covered bridges destroyed.
Southern Vermont was shrouded in misery late Sunday after Hurricane Irene tore through, dumping rain on ground saturated earlier this year by snow and rain.
A woman was swept away in the Deerfield River in Wilmington and was feared dead, Gov. Peter Shumlin sold CNN.
The damage and flooding is so great, officials had no clear idea of the number of casualties.
"I think tomorrow we may find some bad things," said state police Capt. Ray Keefe. "I hope not."
Keefe, who said the flooding was the worst he has seen in 24 years, described scenes of utter devastation. "The storm essentially shut southern Vermont down," he said. "It's terrible."
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