Flood waters remain several feet deep in Wayne, New Jersey August 30, 2011. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater.

A man manoeuvres his boat near a rescue team through a flood caused by Hurricane Irene in Wayne, New Jersey August 30, 2011. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater.

Flood waters remain several feet deep in Wayne, New Jersey August 30, 2011. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater.

Water flows past flooded gravestones in the town of Totowa, New Jersey August 30, 2011. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater.

Residents use a boat to examine flooding in the town of Totowa, New Jersey August 30, 2011. New Jersey and Vermont continue to struggle with their worst flooding in decades on Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater.

Spencer Crispe looks into a business ruined by floodwaters from Hurricane Irene in Wilmington, Vermont August 29, 2011.

A sign marks a condemned building in Wilmington, Vermont August 29, 2011 after Hurricane Irene flooded the downtown.

Waves and storm surge pound the boardwalk and the beach at first light as Hurricane Irene slams into Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday.

Sand covers the board walk after Hurricane Irene passed through in Ocean City, Maryland August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene battered New York with heavy winds and driving rain on Sunday, knocking out power and flooding some of Lower Manhattan's deserted streets even as it lost some of its strength. Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday morning but was still sending waves crashing onto shorelines and flooding coastal suburbs.

Residents use a paddle boat to navigate a flooded street in Southampton, New York August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene battered New York with heavy winds and driving rain on Sunday, knocking out power and flooding some of Lower Manhattan's deserted streets even as it lost some of its strength. Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday morning but was still sending waves crashing onto shorelines and flooding coastal suburbs.

A trailer sits on the beach at the North Beach Campground after being washed out by Hurricane Irene, at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe, North Carolina August 29, 2011.

A resident walks near a trailer on the beach after it was washed out by Hurricane Irene at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe, North Carolina August 29, 2011.

Map of the U.S. east coast locating deaths and damage caused by Hurricane Irene.