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canada. it s little more than a post tropical cyclone but has bruised the eastern united states with property damage, flooding, and power outages. at least 20 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than four million customers still don t have electricity. businesses have a lot of clean willi ing up to do. the governor of virginia expects more reports of damage and death today. a state police official in flooded out vermont is afraid of what his crews might discover. the flooding s really bad in vermont this morning. now that the storm has moved out, business owners in new jersey have serious cleaning up to do. irene s rain forced a river out of its banks and into downtown mi millburn. business owners are mopping up floors and basements that are full of water. we have more from mill burn. what s it look like, chris? reporter: good morning, carol. you know, things look a lot better here on the streets of millburn. they don t sound quite right. [ alarm ] reporter ....
this is hillside new jersey west of newark. there could be power lines in the floodwaters. it s ironic, look at this police car in newark alone six police rescues getting people out of their cars that were stuck in stranded roads because of this water. that s incredible. the force of the water can t be underestimated. it s amazing how it could probably move like that picture demonstrating, moving that park bench. why they call it flash flooding. it s pretty significant. this alone, 6 inches is drown a person. alexandra steele. thanks very much. for now, welcome back. top of the hour and we want to bring you up to date on this tropical storm irene. i m fredericka whitfield. the storm is chaurning over new england and upstate new york pounding the area with wind and rain. it hit little egg inlet in new jersey and weakening to a tropical storm, it hit land at coney island, i rerene s march accompanied by death. 15 people are dead acrond more n 5 million without ....