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Nearly 2 million still out of power after Irene
Heavy rain falls in Sandbridge from Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Category 1 storm made landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning.
Photographer: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Posted: 08/31/2011
Nearly 2 million homes and businesses are still without power five days after Hurricane Irene slammed into the East Coast.
Utilities restored about 7.4 million customers by Wednesday, according to an Associated Press tally of company reports. Hundreds of communities are still without power.
Flooding remains the main obstacle. Some communities along the North Carolina coasts remain partially flooded, cutting off access to transmission lines and critical electrical equipment. Swollen rivers in New Jersey have washed out roads and bridges, dousing electrical substations and making it difficult for repair crews to reach neighborhoods.
The flooding was so bad in Vermont that the National Guard air-dropped food and water to some areas that were totally cut off.
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