Sun, October 16, 2005
SPRING LAKE, N.J. -- The death toll from a week of driving rain and swelling floods across the Northeast rose to 11 yesterday after a 75-year-old Connecticut man was swept away by rushing water at a campground.
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney became the latest governor to declare a state of emergency yesterday after heavy rain and flooding closed roads and forced hundreds to evacuate.
Flood warnings were in effect for New Jersey and New Hampshire, as well as parts New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Some areas have had more than 30 centimetres of rain since Oct. 7. Overflowing lakes and streams forced thousands from their homes in New Jersey and New Hampshire on Friday.
"Well, I don't feel like floating down the river in a mobile home. Just as simple as that," Stan Posner said as he left his home in Keene, N.H.
Many of the 1,300 residents evacuated from Keene returned to their homes yesterday, but a 15-metre mudslide forced part of Route 123 to close. Four people remained missing in New Hampshire from flooding last weekend.
"There's water in the road, water in the basement, literally all over the state," said Jim Van Dongen, spokesperson for the New Hampshire Emergency Management Office.
Flooding made many roads impassable across Connecticut and officials urged those who could to stay home yesterday.
THE PREDICTION SERVICES ARE REFLECTING WHAT I EXPECTED ON FRIDAY EVENING.
The abbreviation "POP" is the 'probability' of percipitation.
Connecticut and Massachusetts
