The Aftermath Of Irene: Hurricane Irene's Devastating Impact On Vermont And Other States

NBC ID: AR0RK8BHVU | Media Type: Aired Show | Air Date(s): 08/30/2011 | Event Date(s): 08/29/2011, 08/30/2011

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Event Date(s): 08/29/2011, 08/30/2011 | Event Location(s): Brattelboro, Vermont, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Washington, District of Columbia | Description: Hurricane Irene has left epic flooding and damage in Vermont and other states. GFX (SAVANNAH GUTHRIE VO): Map of North America zooms to New York, New Hampshire, and a highlighted Vermont with the cities of Montpelier and Brattelboro. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore reports live on-camera from Brattelboro near a damaged building and its debris as shot pulls back to show a river outside the building (the river flowed on the other side of the building before Hurricane Irene). EJ: EXT DAY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 2011-08-28 MS: Rough surf pounds against a wooden pier. WS: The ocean, a beach, and beachfront homes as it rains. MS: A piece of a home blows off in heavy wind. MS: Flooded river flows under a bridge. MS: Home video of a home collapsing as in VO woman cries "Oh my God." EXT DAY VERMONT MS: Floodwater rushes past a home. BRIEF CUTS: Rushing floodwater. MS: In interview man says (part VO) "I don't think you can ever imagine how devastating natural disasters can be until you actually go through one." MS: Panning shot of people standing near uprooted trees. MS: Debris floats in floodwater. MS: Car in floodwater (water level almost up to the windows) pulls back to long shot to show the flooded street with another car in the floodwater outside a home. CU: Rushing floodwater. MS: Floodwater rushes past a damaged road (section of the road is missing). MS: Long shot of people standing on road overlooking floodwater. STILLS: Photos from the 2011-08-27 wedding of Auste Kuolas and Jonas Didzbalis at the Vermont summer camp of Auste's childhood seen as in VO interview Auste says "The wedding was absolutely beautiful. The clouds burst open and it started dumping rain." STILLS: A flooded area bridge near the summer camp, Army Corps of Engineer near a military helicopter on the camp's grounds near wedding guests, and man posing near a collapsed bridge (Auste and over 100 guests are now trapped and the Army Corps of Engineers says it will be at least four days before they can get out). EXT DAY ATLANTIC OCEAN MS: Rough waves pound a wooden pier. MS: Tree blows in heavy wind outside a building. MS: Floodwater begins to move down a road. EXT DAY NEW JERSEY MS: Governor Chris Christie at a press conference as others stand behind him. MS: Christie says "Nine river locations have reached or passed record flooding levels." EXT DAY POMPTON LAKES, NEW JERSEY 2011-08-29 MS: Aerial of a home engulfed in flames (the house exploded). MS: Aerial of a firefighter swimming through a flooded street. INT CONNECTICUT MS: Coastal home owner Ken Davis (ph) reaches for a photo album near a couch and says it's his son's pictures. MS: Davis (faces unseen) flips through the wet photo album. EXT DAY CATSKILLS MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK MS: Home video of a hay bale floating down a flooded street past a building. EXT DAY NORTH CAROLINA MS: Aerial of debris on a road pans to a collapsed section of road into floodwater. EXT DAY MS: Aerial of military truck driving through floodwater past a car stuck in the water. WS: Aerial of floodwater surrounding homes and businesses with the military truck driving through the floodwater. EXT DAY WASHINGTON DC 2011-08-29 2 MS: In a speech in the White House Rose Garden as his selection for Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Alan Krueger stands by his side, President Barack Obama says "It's gonna take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude." EXT DAY MS: Homeowner outside his home watches a backhoe remove debris from his sidewalk. MS: Various shots of workers using brooms to sweep floodwater in flooded streets. MS: Long shot of officials standing near vehicles and downed power lines on a closed road. MS: Man crouches and walks under a downed power line near debris. MS: Utility worker in a cherry picker seen as shot pulls back to long shot. MS: Man uses a power saw to cut down tree branches on his property near flooded street. MS: Uprooted tree and branches resting on a home's exterior. BRIEF CUTS: Aerials of downed trees. MS: Passenger plane takes off. MS: Amtrak train drives on track past another Amtrak train. 2 MS: Low panning shot of pile of home debris to a couple standing atop the debris. MS: Downed signs "Beth's Café" and "Open" outside the damaged café. MS: Floodwater rushes down a hill and into a rushing river near a ladder stuck on a tree branch. MS: Flooded street outside homes pulls back to longer shot. MS: Rear shot of man with a backpack and waders walking through knee-deep floodwater outside homes. Cantore reports live on-camera.

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