April Deluge

A car drives through a flooded street during a spring storm in Huntington, New York, Sunday, April 15, 2007. A powerful nor'easter pounded the East Coast with wind and pouring rain, grounding airlines and threatening to create some of the worst coastal flooding in 14 years.

Local police attend to a car that spun off the road on Route 9, Sunday April 15, 2007, in Henniker, N.H. The powerful nor'easter brought wind and snow to northern New England, including 17 inches to parts of Vermont, while also threatening to create some of the worst coastal flooding in 14 years.

Traffic heads down the FDR Drive on Sunday, April 15, 2007 as roads became flooded from the effects of a heavy storm moving through the region. Hundreds of thousands were left with no electricity as a fierce nor'easter drenched the Northeast with record rainfall. Residents in at least one New York City neighborhood paddled through streets in boats.

A yellow car, abandoned by its driver, sits stalled in water that overflowed the banks of the Cooper River Sunday, April 15, 2007, along South Park Drive in Collingswood, N.J.

A car drives through a flooded street during a spring storm in Huntington, New York, Sunday, April 15, 2007.

A dog is seen wearing a raincoat Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Astor Place in New York. The East Coast was hit with a severe nor'easter bringing heavy rain and wind and forcing airlines to cancel more than 500 flights. Rain totaled 7.81 inches in Central Park from early Sunday to Monday morning, the National Weather Service said. The storm is also expected to deliver some of the worst flooding to coastal areas in 14 years.

A home in Danville, W.Va. remains surrounded by water Sunday, April 15, 2007, after overnight storms flooded many out of their homes in Southern West Virginia. Emergency services personnel rescued nearly two dozen people from homes and cars in Logan and Boone counties early Sunday. Two people were unaccounted for.

Water from the Great South Bay crashes near a house during a spring storm in Babylon, New York, Sunday, April 15, 2007.

The flag for the fifth tee at the Riverview County Club in Greenview, W.Va., stands on the flooded golf course Sunday, April 15, 2007, after overnight storms flooded many out of their homes in Southern West Virginia. A powerful nor'easter pounded the East with wind and pouring rain Sunday, and continued into Monday, grounding airlines and threatening to create some of the worst coastal flooding in 14 years.

Enrique Matos walks alone on the boardwalk at Coney Island in New York, Sunday, April 15, 2007 as a spring storm blows through the area. Several inches of rain are expected to fall in the area and some areas could get severe flooding.

A shed has broken through railings as heavy rains wash it to the edge of Weston's Mill Pond during a spring storm Monday, April 16, 2007 in East Brunswick, N.J.

Runners make their way through the rain to athletes' village, Monday, April 16, 2007, before the start of the 111th Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. A major nor-easter gave about 20,000 runners in the marathon something to worry about besides Heartbreak Hill as the course was doused with several inches of rain driven by wind gusting to more than 30 mph.

Joe Bosler brushes snow from his car windshield after temperatures dropped in Philadelphia, Monday, April 16, 2007, and precipitation changed from rain to snow.

Wind-swept waves break against rocks on Rockaway Beach in New York, Monday, April 16, 2007. A fierce nor'easter drenched the Northeast, with record rainfall causing severe flooding that canceled schools, cut electricity, forced people to evacuate and slowed the morning commute.

Firefighters are on the scene on the South Wing of the 14th Street Viaduct in Union City, N.J., where a large section of a four-foot thick, 50-foot high stone wall collapsed onto the roadway Sunday night, April 15, 2007. Residents of an apartment building that sits on top of the wall, overlooking the 14th street viaduct, were evacuated, although officials were not sure how many residents were forced to leave.

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A U.S. Mail truck drives through flooded streets in Freeport, N.Y., Monday, April 16, 2007. Rain was still falling intermittently Monday morning in the New York area and New England after it began early Sunday along the East Coast from Florida to New England.

John Longobardi of Metro North inspects the closed train tracks for the Danbury Line in Wilton, Conn., Monday, April 16, 2007 where floodwater damaged the track bed. Metro North rail service in Danbury was canceled Monday morning due to a flooded station and flooded rail lines.

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