Wet, Deadly and Expensive, but No Monster

Wet, Deadly and Expensive, but No Monster

Stripped of hurricane rank, Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power — but an unfazed New York and relief that it was nothing like the nightmare authorities feared.Slowly, the East Coast surveyed the damage — up to $7 billion by one private estimate. The storm lost its tropical characteristics and crossed into Canada late Sunday, but for many the danger had not passed.Mini Spy Cameras - Smaller the Better.

Rivers and creeks turned into raging torrents tumbling with limbs and parts of buildings in northern New England and upstate New York. Flooding was widespread in Vermont, and hundreds of people were told to leave the capital, Montpelier, which could get flooded twice: once by Irene and once by a utility trying to save an overwhelmed dam.Meanwhile, the nation's most populous region looked to a new week and the arduous process of getting back to normal.

New York lifted its evacuation order for 370,000 people and said subway service, shut down for the first time by a natural disaster, will be partially restored Monday, though it warned riders to expect long lines and long waits. Philadelphia restarted its trains and buses."All in all," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "we are in pretty good shape."At least 21 people died in the storm, most of them when trees crashed through roofs or onto cars.