From the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the flooded hills of Vermont, Americans are assessing the damages from Hurricane Irene, with some estimates putting damages likely as high as $7 billion.
Irene left a trail of damage and dozens of people dead after making landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning and driving up the East Coast over the weekend through the Jersey Shore and even beyond New York City.
Several New Jersey and Vermont communities are still struggling with severe flooding, while North Carolina residents pick up the pieces of their lives.
Take a look at Irene's path of destruction from the barrier islands of North Carolina to the flooded towns of the Northeast:
A sign marks a condemned building in Wilmington, Vermont August 29, 2011 after Hurricane Irene flooded the downtown.REUTERSSpencer Crispe looks into a business ruined by floodwaters from Hurricane Irene in Wilmington, Vermont August 29, 2011.REUTERSFlood 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.REUTERSA 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.REUTERSFlood 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.REUTERSResidents 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.REUTERSWater 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.REUTERS
