Relentless rain floods roads in Northeast, leads to evacuations, rescues

Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast, especially in Vermont and New York. One woman in New York's hard-hit Hudson Valley drowned as she was trying to leave her flooded home. In Vermont, search crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut helped rescuers get to towns that had been unreachable since torrents of rain began belting the state. Swift water rescue crews also have evacuated people stuck in homes. The slow-moving storm reached New England after hitting parts of New York and Connecticut. Officials say the storm has already wrought tens of millions of dollars in damage and canceled hundreds of flights in the New York and Boston airports.

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