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Residents stand in line outside a grocery store on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rochester, Vt. The town has been completely cut off since Tropical Storm Irene hit. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Floodwater caused by Tropical Storm Irene rushes along Route 73 in St. Huberts, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, tearing up the road as it flows. Entire towns in Vermont and New York remained cut off by flooding and some communities were still warily watching swollen rivers following heavy rains from Irene. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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In this aerial photo people gather alongside workers making repairs Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 on Route 100 in Killington, Vt., washed out by flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene on Sunday. Vermont Emergency Management officials say they'll use helicopters to airlift food, water and supplies to flood-stricken towns that have been cut off by road and bridge washouts stemming from flooding due to remnants of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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The conductor watches as commuters rush to catch a train at the New Brunswick train station early Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, in New Brunswick, N.J., as a limited service to New York resumed. Service to the southern stations on New Jersey Transit's line is still out Tuesday after heavy rains from Hurricane Irene left the Trenton train station flooded. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Commuters watch on a crowded platform as a train arrives at the New Brunswick train station early Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, in New Brunswick, N.J., as a limited service to New York resumed. Service to the southern stations on New Jersey Transit's line is still out Tuesday after heavy rains from Hurricane Irene left the Trenton train station flooded. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Holly March , left, and Will Uffelmann 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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Residents stand in line outside the grocery store on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in Rochester, Vt. The town has been completely cut off since Tropical Storm Irene hit. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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A tractor trailer drives through the flood water that goes up and over his headlights on Secaucus Road in Secaucus, N.J. after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend. Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Pamela Suchy)

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Doug Lawver, owner of a bicycle rental shop in Surf City, N.J. replaces a sign for his business Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 that he removed ahead of Hurricane Irene. Shore businesses hope to make the most of the last week and a half of summer in the aftermath of the storm. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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The remains of a road washed out is seen in Shandaken, N.Y. Monday night Aug. 29, 2011. The road was damaged by flood waters in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in upstate New York. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)I

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Jean Maynes, business manager of the Vermont Standard, walks through several inches of river silt and debris in what used to be her newsroom in Woodstock, Vt. Monday Aug. 29,2011. Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene washed out roads and bridges, cut off about a dozen towns, left thousands of homes and businesses without power, and killed at least three people. (AP Photo/Polina Yamshchikov/Valley News)

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Andrew Kimbell, center, hoses off a silt-covered crate as a Bobcat tosses ruined produce into a dumpster at the farmer's market in Woodstock, Vt. Monday Aug. 29, 2011. Floodwater from the Ottauquechee River inundated the market during Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont, ruining most of the food. (AP Photo/Valley News/Polina Yamshchikov)

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Large sections of the golf course at Rumson Country Club in Rumson, N.J. are flooded by Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

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Tom Chase waves atop of his friend's beach home in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Cleanup continues as a surfer passes a dislodged lifeguard shack in Long Beach, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after it was knocked off its footing on the beach during Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Search and rescue teams search for two Hockessin men who are missing after Hurricane Irene Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Hockessin, Del. New Castle County Police Cpl. John Weglarz says 25-year-old Christopher Valentine of Hockessin and 25-year-old Jean Baptista of Clark, N.J., were last seen around midnight Saturday during the height of the Category 1 hurricane. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson) NO SALES

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Search and rescue teams search for two Hockessin men who are missing after Hurricane Irene Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Hockessin, Del. New Castle County Police Cpl. John Weglarz says 25-year-old Christopher Valentine of Hockessin and 25-year-old Jean Baptista of Clark, N.J., were last seen around midnight Saturday during the height of the Category 1 hurricane. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson) NO SALES

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A sailboat rests on the dock of a Fairfield Harbor home in New Bern, N.C., on Monday, August 29, 2011. The boat was deposited on the dock during Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/The New Bern Sun Journal, Byron Holland)

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A worker stands near a tree that fell onto a house during high winds caused by Hurricane Irene in Port Deposit, Md., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Guests and staff wait to be rescued after the driveway to the Putnam Camp was damage by Tropical Storm Irene in St. Huberts, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Water churns beneath the dam on the Connecticut River at Holyoke, Mass., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, following Tropical Storm Irene's visit Sunday. (AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Mark M. Murray)

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A worker assesses a tree that fell on a power line in Sparta, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Many Sparta residents have been without power since Sunday due to downed power lines from Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)

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Men work on a roof in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after gusts and rain from Hurricane Irene battered the area. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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View of street sign named Hurricane Rd in the Town of Keene damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in the Town of Keene , N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Mark Lussier, with son Rowan, 6, on his shoulders and daughter Charlotte, 8, all of Holyoke, Mass., walk beside a flooded portion of Route 5 near the Northampton and Easthampton, Mass., line Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The flooding is a remnant of Tropical Storm Irene that passed through on Sunday. (AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Mark M. Murray)

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Construction is back to normal at the World Trade Center site, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in New York, the day after Tropical Storm Irene blew through the city. New York City subways resumed service Monday after Irene forced an unprecedented closure of the nation's largest mass transit system. Trains and buses in and around the metropolitan area faced their first major test as millions of commuters ventured to work for the first time since the storm hit. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Volunteer Josh Balcom helps remove debris from the Bun N' Cone Restaurant on Bridge Street in Margaretville, N.Y., damaged by flooding from the East Branch of the Delaware River on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Water inside the business reached nearly six feet. (AP Photo/The Daily Star, Julie Lewis)

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Flooding over a road from the Farmington River is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Simsbury, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Workers remove a tree downed on a power line, in Sparta, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Many Sparta residents have been without power since Sunday due to downed power lines from Irene. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)

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Workers remove a tree downed on a power line in Sparta, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Many Sparta residents have been without power since Sunday due to downed power lines from Irene. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)

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Bernard Hallowell and his wife, Kim, survey the damage Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, to their Monmouth, Maine home after it was struck by a tree Sunday during Tropical Storm Irene. The couple and their dog escaped injury. (AP Photo/The Kennebec Journal, Andy Molloy)

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Water from the Housatonic River is seen at Stevenson Dam in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in Monroe, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The rain dumped by Tropical Storm Irene has pushed three rivers in Connecticut to moderate flood stage and some are not expected to reach their highest level until Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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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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Marion Bender looks through the living room window of her flooded-out Greenfield Gardens apartment as her husband Will stands behind her in Greenfield, Mass., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The Benders have been living in the apartment since September 2011 and did not have flood insurance when the Green River left its banks Sunday, flooding six apartments, The Benders said, "We have got to start all over," adding "we'll be alright." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, examines damage from Tropical Storm Irene in a helicopter with Adjutant General Thaddeus Martin, left, near Simsbury, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Johnny Lamca throws away ruined items from his flooded home in Manville, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Lamca said this flooding from Hurricane Irene was the worst of the four times that his home has been flooded by the Raritan River. Earlier Monday in Manville, Gov. Chris Christie said waters had reached or passed record levels at nine river locations, and he warned that the Passaic River had not yet crested. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Sgt. Michael Jarrett, of the 171st Eng. Co. turns back a dog walker from getting any closer to the broken sections of Highway 12 in Rodanthe, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The highway, the only road link between Hatteras Island on the N.C. Outer Banks and the mainland was cut by heavy waves during Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)

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Marion Bender looks through the living room window of her flooded-out Greenfield Gardens apartment in Greenfield, Mass., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Bender and her husband Will have been living in the apartment since September 2011 and did not have flood insurance when the Green River left its banks yesterday, flooding six apartments, The Benders said, "We have got to start all over," adding "we'll be alright." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Shoreline residents on Monday picked through the rubble of homes destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene, hoping to salvage keepsakes as helicopters buzzed overhead and utility crews began the task of restoring power to more than 700,000 homes and businesses across Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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People take photos of a washed-out section of Route 7 south of Rutland, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene that swelled rivers the day before. (AP Photo/The Rutland Herald, Vyto Starinskas) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Sean Baird stands in a hole in the middle of downtown Keene, N.Y. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, trying to remove a sign swept away from his restaurant, Tip-A-Canoe, on Sunday. Despite the devastation, he was able to open the eatery on Monday. Tropical Storm Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/The Press-Republican, Jack LaDuke)

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People view the washed-out roadway of Route 100B in Moretown, Vt., Monday Aug. 29, 2011, which was destroyed by the rain-swolen Mad River when Tropical Storm Irene passed through on Sunday . (AP Photo/Sandy Macys)

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Marion Bender looks through the living room window of her flooded-out Greenfield Gardens apartment in Greenfield, Mass., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Bender and her husband Will have been living in the apartment since September 2011 and did not have flood insurance when the Green River left its banks yesterday, flooding six apartments, The Benders said, "We have got to start all over," adding "we'll be alright." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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A black cat makes a leap into floodwaters along Poplar Avenue in Pompton Lakes, N.J., where the Ramapo River crested in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, at podium, addresses a gathering as he stands in front of the swollen Raritan River in Manville, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. "We're not out of the woods yet regarding this storm," Gov. Chris Christie told the gathering. Christie said waters had reached or passed record levels at nine river locations, and he warned that the Passaic River had not yet crested. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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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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Teo Campbell stands on what used to be the bottom of the Bartonsville Covered Bridge over the Williams River, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Rockingham, Vt . Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene tore the bridge out Sunday and carried it downstream. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Katie Cole, center right, the mayor of the Borough of Pompton Lakes, N.J., is seen among New Jersey National Guard members and rescue officials as rescue crews surveyed damages caused by a flood following Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Pompton Lakes, N.J. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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This photo released by the Central Vermont Public Service utility shows a broken power pole and the scarred Mendon Brook stream bed adjacent to Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The raging brook washed out the road when Tropical Storm Irene passed through Vermont Sunday. (AP photo/Central Vermont Public Service)

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A New York State Police Trooper documents storm 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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Teo Campbell stands on what used to be the bottom of the Bartonsville Covered Bridge over the Williams River, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Rockingham, Vt . Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene tore the bridge out Sunday and carried it downstream. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Jack Camper, 4, watches as the ocean rises over his feet at Nags Head, N.C. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Traveling from Roanoke, Va., he and his family were staying in the Comfort Inn South, right behind him, as they waited for word from their realtor on whether they could head to their beach house rental in Corolla, N.C. following Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco)

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Aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Shoreline residents on Monday picked through the rubble of homes destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene, hoping to salvage keepsakes as helicopters buzzed overhead and utility crews began the task of restoring power to more than 700,000 homes and businesses across Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Ashley Isbrecht works on opening damaged toy boxes as a ceramic figurine on the railing seems to watch her progress outside the Hatteras Island Toy Store in Avon, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Isbrecht was helping with clean-up after Hurricane Irene's storm surge flooded the shop. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)

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Destroyed by water smashing under the boardwalk, concrete park benches and tables are strewn about, near the beach in the Rockaway Park section of New York Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Chester Vickers clears belongings from a shed after his girlfriend's house, background, 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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This photo released by the Central Vermont Public Service utility shows the washed out Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after the adjacent Mendon Brook overflowed when Tropical Storm Irene passed through Vermont Sunday. (AP photo/Central Vermont Public Service)

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PP&L worker Shaun Brdaric works to restore power on high tension power lines on Schooley Ave. in Exeter, Pa. the day after Hurricane Irene came through Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Ralph Francello) MANDATORY CREDIT

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A recreational trailer lies upside down on a riverbank in Berlin, Vt., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after it was washed away by flash flooding following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Crews remove trees from downed high tension power lines caused by Hurricane Irene on Schooley Ave. in Exeter, PA. so PP&L can work to restore power to residents on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Ralph Francello) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Massachusetts Route 5 is closed to thru traffic in Northampton, Mass., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, as the Oxbow Bridge is closed due to flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Flooding has subsided in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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People walk along a washed out section of Route 12 on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. Vermont's top transportation official says roads to a number of communities in the state remain cut off due to flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Vivian Henao spreads photographs out to dry on the lawn of her future mother-in-law's home in Manville, N.J., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The home was flooded by the Raritan River after Hurricane Irene passed through Sunday, dumping heavy rains on the region. Earlier Monday in Manville, Gov. Chris Christie said waters had reached or passed record levels at nine river locations, and he warned that the Passaic River had not yet crested. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Chris Arnowitz, 65, walks into floodwaters near the front yard of her house in Pompton Lakes, N.J., the morning after the Ramapo River crested following Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Pompton Lakes is surrounded by three rivers and was seeing serious flooding Monday. Record crests were expected in the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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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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Lauren McTear looks over the remains of the trailer home owned by her boyfriend's parents on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Berlin, Vt. The trailer was destroyed by a recreational vehicle which floated down the river into it. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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John Puntel a volunteer from a local bricklayers union shovels water from tropical storm Irene that collected on the foundation of what is going to be an entrance wall to the Garden of Reflection memorial to local victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Yardley, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Route 4 in Mendon, Vt. is damaged as work crews evaluate their next move after Hurricane Irene on Monday, Aug 29, 2011. The highway is in between Rutland, Vt., and Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Vyto Starinskas)

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Steve Music works to replace a power line damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in Buxton, Maine Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Central Maine Power Co. estimated the storm knocked out power to 275,000 customers. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.'s peak outages during the storm was about 29,000. (AP Photo/Joel Page)

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Nick Feola tries to get the gallons of water out of his basement at his home of 32 years on 5th Street in Hoboken, N.J. after he arrived home from the mandatory evacuation on Monday, Aug, 29, 2011, after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Pamela Suchy)

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Jason Sanderson, owner of Prudential Clear Water Realty in New Bern, N.C., left, points out a broken water main to Barbara Jackson as they stand in the ruined second floor of his downtown office building on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The building's roof was blown off during Hurricane Irene, damaging the water main and subsequently flooding the lower level as well. (AP Photo/The New Bern Sun Journal, Byron Holland)

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Edgar Cervantes, with Mulheron Tree Experts, works to remove a tree that fell during Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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N.C. Dept. of Transportation helicopter pilots Ray Edwards, left, and Terry Carlyle stand on the edge of a washed out N.C. 12 about eight miles south of the Bonner Bridge in the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge of the Outer Banks, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. They had flown four DOT officials down to survey the numerous breaches in the highway caused by Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco)

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Jason Sanderson, owner of Prudential Clear Water Realty in New Bern, N.C., stands in the ruined second floor of his downtown office building on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The building's roof was blown off during Hurricane Irene, damaging the water main and subsequently flooding the lower level as well. (AP Photo/The New Bern Sun Journal, Byron Holland)

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Workers repair light signals at an intersection in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. As more roads opened and the power came back two days after Hurricane Irene swept through, people who depend on tourists for their livelihoods had no guarantee whether visitors would come for summer’s traditional last hurrah. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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The aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene is seen in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Shoreline residents on Monday picked through the rubble of homes destroyed, hoping to salvage keepsakes as helicopters buzzed overhead and utility crews began the task of restoring power to more than 700,000 homes and businesses across Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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A car damaged by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene sits in a yard after it washed downhill and landed in it's owner's yard with pieces of pavement from a washed out road in New Scotland, N.Y., south of Albany, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The storm left upstate New Yorkers sharking their heads at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/Kyle Bell)

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Robert Giovannetti, a construction specialist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, inspects badly eroded dunes in the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, N.J.Monday Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Damage is seen in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Lloyd Vosseller, a public works employee in Harvey cedars, N.J. uses a bulldozer Monday Aug. 29, 2011 to push sand back toward dunes that were badly eroded by Hurricane Irene. Shore towns up and down the east coast are scrambling to get their beaches back into usable shape before the Labor Day weekend. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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A tree is taped off after it toppled over into Bayview Cemetery along Chapel Avenue in Jersey City, N.J. after major flooding over the weekend from Hurricane Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Pamela Suchy)

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Locals surveys the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in St. Huberts, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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A tractor trailer drives through the flood water that goes up and over his headlights on Secaucus Road in Secaucus, N.J. after Hurricane Irene caused major flooding in the area over the weekend. Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Pamela Suchy)

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A hand-written sign that is displayed at Home Depot in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, states "NO RETURNS on sump pumps. No returns on opened batteries or flashlights." (AP Photo/Ellen Gibson)

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This Monday Aug. 29, 2011 aerial photo released by the Connecticut Governor's Office shows flood waters in Connecticut after Tropical Storm Irene passed over the state on Sunday. (AP Photo/Connecticut National Guard, John Whitford)

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2011 file photo, residents and vacationers head north on Long Beach Blvd as they heed the mandatory evacuation imposed by local officials as the area prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Irene makes it's way up the east coast in Beach Haven, N.J. Disaster experts unanimously said evacuating was the right choice and it saved lives. But these were tough nail-biting calls that are now being second-guessed. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein, File)

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Alan Braswell, of Newport, N.C., searches for metals on the beach in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 . As more roads opened and the power came back two days after Hurricane Irene swept through, people who depend on tourists for their livelihoods had no guarantee whether visitors would come for summer’s traditional last hurrah. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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A New Castle County Police officer carries a shoe recovered from a wooded area near Lantana Square shopping center in Hockessin, Del. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 after search teams found the bodies of two men who decided to sprint through Hurricane Irene during the peak of the storm Saturday night. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson) NO SALES

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A view of utter devastation in Keene, N.Y. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 from the piles of rubble left by Gulf Brook, which raged with 11 inches of rain from Irene’s tempest on Sunday. Tropical Storm Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/The Press-Republican, Kim Smith Dedam)

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Pavement was left broken on the streets of Ausable Forks, N.Y. by the floodwaters Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Tropical Storm Irene left stunned upstate New Yorkers shaking their heads Monday at a crippling wallop they never thought possible: Cars and trucks tossed like toys, houses torn from their foundations, trees tumbling down roiling, muddy rivers like matchsticks and roads shredded by raging torrents. (AP Photo/The Press-Republican, Alvin Reiner)

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FILE - In this May 22, 2011 file photo, residents of Joplin, Mo., walk west on 26th Street near Maiden Lane after a tornado hit the southwest Missouri city. Some federal money pledged to tornado-ravaged Joplin and other disaster sites is being diverted to help victims of Hurricane Irene. Bob Josephson of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 that FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund is running low. He says individual aid to victims of the May 22 tornado that destroyed about one-third of Joplin will continue, but money for long-term public repair and rebuilding projects will be used for immediate disaster relief on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett, File)

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Joe Sweeney washes silt left behind from floodwaters of the Schuylkill River at the Penn Athletic Club on Boathouse Row in in the aftermath of the storm Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Philadelphia. It was the Schuylkill River that wreaked havoc in the area, cresting to more than 15 feet in Norristown and inundating homes with muddy water and flooding streets in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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A tree damaged by Tropical Storm Irene is prepared for removal by an arborist in New York's Central Park, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. In addition to trees that were blown down, many trees were also damaged and will need to be trimmed or taken down. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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Jim Lang sweeps silt left behind from floodwaters of the Schuylkill River at the Penn Athletic Club on Boathouse Row in in the aftermath of the storm Irene, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Philadelphia. It was the Schuylkill River that wreaked havoc in the area, cresting to more than 15 feet in Norristown and inundating homes with muddy water and flooding streets in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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An information sign at the Trenton train station shows canceled trains early Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey Transit rail service was suspended Monday due to damage from Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Long Beach Lifeguard Patrol members continue cleanup of rescue boards along the boardwalk at Long Beach, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29 2011, in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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National Grid crews work to restore power near Providence College in Providence, R.I., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, knocked out Sunday by winds from Tropical Storm Irene. (AP Photo/David Klepper)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 28, 2011, residents of Annapolis, Md., look at downed power lines after Hurricane Irene. Utility crews scrambled to restore power after Hurricane Irene raked the Eastern Seaboard this weekend, leaving 7.4 million homes and businesses without power. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 28,2011, a utility worker makes repairs on lines following the effects of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C. Utility crews scrambled to restore power after Hurricane Irene raked the Eastern Seaboard this weekend, leaving 7.4 million homes and businesses without power. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)