and it doesn t care who or what is in the way. from virginia to vermont, rivers and streams were overflowing, some now well above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the flooding, damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion, making it one of the ten most expense si disasters in american history. as many as 5 million people are still without power. lines are down everywhere it hit. some have been electrocuted, some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three new deaths in vermont. we ll learn of the deaths shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:30 a.m., hurricane irene makes its first landfall as a category 1 hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm passed winds of up to 85 miles an hour. look this way. nothing but rain. whipped by this wind. and again we re getting hit with some of those strong gusts right now. what you re looking at here is houses that are about underwater in places, and t
look at that truck trying to get through the water. the water has to go somewhere. it doesn t care what or who is in the way. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks were even having trouble getting around. from virginia to vermont rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be, largely because of flooding damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion making it one of the ten most expensive disasters in american history. up to 5 million people are still without power. lines are down nearly everywhere irene hit. several people were electrocuted. some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three deaths in vermont. more on the danger shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:00 a.m., hurricane irene makes landfall as a category one hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm had winds up to 85 miles per hour. look at this. nothing but foam. the sea is white. just all churned up. wh
and streams were overflowing, some now well above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the flooding, damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion, making it one of the ten most expense si disasters in american history. as many as 5 million people are still without power. lines are down everywhere it hit. some have been electrocuted, some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three new deaths in vermont. we ll learn of the deaths shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:30 a.m., hurricane irene makes its first landfall as a category 1 hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm passed winds of up to 85 miles an hour. look this way. nothing but rain. whipped by this wind. and again we re getting hit with some of those strong gusts right now. what you re looking at here is houses that are about underwater in places, and this is the bogue sound. you can see that. you re looking out right now at the bo
destroyed. this didn t end when the wind died down. this was and continues to be a very big deal and water is the reason why. you are looking at where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely. they don t have much to return to. the correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri, after the tornado. she was stranded by rising flood waters. she joins us shortly. still stranded there actually tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto waterlogged ground and full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through the water. the water has to go somewhere. it doesn t care what or who is in the way. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks were even having trouble getting around. from virginia to vermont rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be, largely because of flooding damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion making it o
parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they don t have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and waters. look at that truck trying to get through the water. that water has to go somewhere and it doesn t care who or what is in the way. from virginia to vermont, rivers and streams were overflowing, some now well above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the flooding, damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion, making it one of the ten most expense si disasters in american history. as many as 5 million people are still without power. lines are down everywhere it hit.