Severe storms bash Eastern seaboard
Violent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard overnight, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area.
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Residents look over a damaged road on Friday, May 27, 2011 in East Montpelier, Vt. Schools and roads are closed across central Vermont as heavy overnight rains caused flooding that overflowed riverbanks. A Vermont Emergency management official said early Friday almost 150 people were in three shelters in Barre, Montpelier and Berlin.The Vermont National Guard sent emergency response teams and high water vehicles to the area to help local and state emergency management officials. The flooding was caused by heavy overnight rains and more rain is forecast.
Toby Talbot Associated Press
Intense thunderstorms stalled over central Vermont, pushing rivers over their banks and ripping up streets. About 200 people were forced from their homes.
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Rene Crete looks over damaged cars at Buy Right Auto on Friday, May 27, 2011 in East Montpelier, Vt. Schools and roads are closed across central Vermont as heavy overnight rains caused flooding that overflowed riverbanks.
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A woman walks through a mud-covered street on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Barre, Vt. Schools and roads are closed across central Vermont as heavy overnight rains caused flooding that overflowed riverbanks.
Toby Talbot Associated Press
Churning brown water from the rising Winooski River and a tributary flooded into the streets of Vermont's capital city, Montpelier, sending business owners with inundated basements scurrying to move merchandise to higher ground. "It looked like the river was right there on my porch," said Darlene Colby, 47, who was woken up by police around 1 a.m. She gathered a bag for belongings for herself and 25-year-old son and spent the rest of the night at a shelter.
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Adam Cooley, 30, of Barre, Vt., checks the damage to the engine of his 2001 Subaru Legacy after it was caught in flooding Friday, May 27, 2011 in Barre Town, Vt. The car was among dozens damaged when flash floods triggered by thunderstorms roared through central Vermont, washing out roads and causing rivers to overflow.
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In Georgia, two Decatur women were killed in Atlanta when a tree fell on a truck, police said. Atlanta station WSB-TV reported that a 19-year-old man was killed in Mableton when a tree fell on him while he cleared debris from a driveway.
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Sandy Springs fire crews use chain saws to get tree trucks off from a car hit by a fallen tree in Atlanta on Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Hyosub Shin Associated Press
Power was knocked out to more than 200,000 customers statewide, utilities said. High winds toppled trees in the Macon and Columbus areas. A flash flood warning was issued for portions of Fulton and DeKalb counties in the Atlanta area.
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Two motorist had their cars stalled out in the flash flood waters in downtown Atlanta Friday, May 27, 2011.
Atlanta Journal & Constitution, John Spink Associated Press
Travis Saxon cuts down a large pecan limb from a house after a tree smashed through the roof on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga.
Athens Banner-Herald, David Tulis Associated Press