Hurricane Irene cut off Highway 12, the lifeline to Hatteras Island in North Carolina. (Video by Chuck Liddy, Raleigh News & Observer)

Hurricane Irene aftermath

An onlooker, seen through a broken window, surveys the storm damage in Madison, Connecticut after Tropical Storm Irene Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant/MCT) | Rick Hartford/MCT

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Hurricane Irene aftermath

Dave Cain, left, and Zack Munzer drift to shore at Harbor Park in Middletown, Connecticut, after taking a kayak trip down the rain-swollen Mattabesset and Connecticut Rivers on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, two days after Tropical Storm Irene. The 2.75 mile trip took about an hour and a half. "It's very unique when it's flooded like this" Munzer said. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/MCT) | Cloe Poisson/MCT

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