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and water is the reason why. you re looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but don t have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has to go through somewhere. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks are having a hard time getting around. rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the damage could hit $7 billion making it one of the ten most expensive disasters in american history, as many as 5 million are still without people. lines are down nearly everywhere. several have been electrocuted. some have drowned. the death toll rose to 27. first how we got ....
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 ....
reason why. you re looking where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. 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 ....