HURRICANE IRENE did not cause the kind of destruction it was expected to, but it left in its wake long dark hours, commuters with no train facilities, people stranded in different places and as many as 44 dead in 11 states across the East Coast of the US. Commuters are having it tough as train facilities from New York City to Connecticut, New Jersey and Westchester County are absent. The train facilities were expected to be restored by Tuesday.

Tens and thousands of people went without electricity as nothing could be done. The hurricane caused the rivers to flood in quite a few places. As reported in New England, especially places like Vermont, flooding of streets and houses were the real problem. The rivers and streams raged havoc in New York as well, as much more damage actually happened after the storm passed away.

People were seen visiting the places, which was once their home or holiday home. The Governor of Vermont warned people that the danger has not passed as more floods and loss of life is expected. The floodwater did start receding from many places but there are people who are stranded in various places that are still cut off from the flood waters.

Governor Peter Shumlin said: “It's just devastating. Whole communities under water, businesses, homes, obviously roads and bridges, rail transportation infrastructure.

Various pictures and images showed that the normally peacefully running stream was forcing their ways through the streets and the houses flooding them till the roof top. People in New York were seen clearing up after the storm and trying to estimate the extent of loss they would have to bear. Thirteen inches of water was recorded to be dumped by Irene in New York and 11 inches in Vermont.

300 homes of Pratsville in New York have been completely washed off by the storm and the people are stranded in the emergency shelters. This particular piece of land has been entirely washed off but all the 800 residents have been accounted for. The damage of the storm is estimated to be around $7billion to $10billion. This would create a pressure on the job front as many people lost all their worldly possessions in the storm and would have to begin from scratch. Nothing concrete can be said but early estimates are that in entirety $45billion has been lost including, lost business and physical damage.