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Irene in the Capital Region
Shots from all our photographers taken of Monday's flooding. Posted on August 30, 2011.
A worker from Asplundh Tree Service of Willow Grove, Pa. trims part of
a tree away from utility lines on Western Avenue in Albany Monday morning.
The tree, in a lot across the street from Beacon Avenue - near the
entrance to the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus - fell
into the lines Sunday night. Power in the neighborhood was still out at 10
a.m. Monday. Jeff Wilkin photo
Water flowing over Route 30 in the area of Breakabeen, Schoharie County, during storms felt in the area from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Storm clouds in the area of Breakabeen, Schoharie County, during storms felt in the area from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Governor Andrew Cuomo leaving the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, holding a press conference with Assemblyman Pete Lopez, left, and Power Authority Chief Operating Officer Gil Quiniones, right, at the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, in the control room of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
The American flag in Veteran's Park, waves in the wind over a deserted State Street in dwontown Schenecectady Sunday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo holding a press conference at the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, Assemblyman Pete Lopez, center, and Gil Quiniones, Chief Operating Officer of the Power Authority, right, in the control room of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
Schenectady firefighters stand by at a house at 1162 Rugby Road after a tree fell into the house Sunday.
A Time Warner Cable van drives down Lowell Avenue in Schenectady surveying damage to downed cable lines Sunday.
Firefighters survey the damage to a home at 119 North Ferry Street after a tree fell into the house Sunday
Photo submitted by Lauren Muske. From Duane Avenue.
Photo submitted by Lauren Muske. On Gillespie near Union.
Lenny Attanasio and Cindy Folmsbee sent us this photo of their house on Old Schauber Road, Ballston Lake, N.Y. No one injured, but there is considerable damage to the roof structure and the deck.
People running across Erie Blvd in Schenectady during storms felt in the area from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Cars driving down Erie Blvd in Schenectady during storms felt in the area from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Cars driving down Erie Blvd in Schenectady during storms felt in the area from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Governor Andrew Cuomo holding a press conference with Gil Quiniones, Chief Operating Officer of the Power Authority, rear, at the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Cuomo visited the dam for briefing on impacts from Saturday's earthquake in the area.
Emergency officials work on Brunswick Road in Troy, where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses Sunday during tropical storm Irene.
A mudslide brought on by tropical storm Irene destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses on Brunswick Road in Troy on Sunday.
The scene on Brunswick Road in Troy where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses during tropical storm Irene on Sunday.
A woman, whom neighbors described as someone associated with the destroyed Clement Auto building, cries on Brunswick Road in Troy where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses Sunday.
The scene on Brunswick Road in Troy where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses during tropic storm weather left over from Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011.
Officer Bertos of the Troy Police Department goes door to door on Highland Avenue, a block above the scene on Brunswick Road in Troy where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses Sunday. Police evacuated the even numbered houses on Highland Ave for fear of more of the hillside collapsing.
An Altec worker cuts electricity at the scene on Brunswick Road in Troy where a mudslide destroyed three houses and prompted the evacuation of neighboring houses during tropical storm weather left over from Hurricane Irene on Sunday.
Downed wires arc in the backyard of 1918 Grand Blvd. in Schenectady during Sunday's storm.
On Sunday afternoon, a truck deals with high water along Union Avenue near the entrance to the closed Saratoga Race Course.
Water covers the pedestrian entrance to the luxury boxes at Saratoga Race Course, which on Sunday was closed due to weather conditions.
A partially fallen tree obstructs Rt. 9P traffic near the Northway entrance in Saratoga Springs on Sunday.
On Sunday, the entrance to the gardens at the Yaddo Estate in Saratoga Springs is closed to all traffic due to weather conditions.
The Schoharie Creek is on the rampage Sunday afternoon at the Rt. 161 bridge in Montgomery County.
The Schoharie Creek nearly covers a swing set in the Town of Glen on Sunday.
At the Schoharie Valley Gospel Church in Sloansville on Sunday, Linda Bushen, right, and her daughter, Bree, relax after preparing the church for use as a shelter from the storm.
A DOT crew works Sunday to clear the road of a fallen tree across Rt. 30 east of Esperance.
In Delanson, the firehouse which had been designated an emergency shelter area is itself flooded on Sunday afternoon.
A large tree, uprooted from a front corner of the Stephen and Lacey
Jackson residence at 198 Sunnyside Road, Glenville, stretches power lines
Sunday afternoon. The tree landed on top of another tree and did not
strike the house. The Jacksons lost power; the couple and their two small
sons were not injured. Jeff Wilkin photo
Joe DeGeorge stands at the roadside mailbox of his flooded home at 13 Ferry Lane in Stillwater on Monday. He said the nearby Hudson River has flooded his property about three times in 30 years of living there.
In the town of Stillwater, Wright's Loop off Rt4 remains under water on Monday.
In Fort Johnson on Monday, fire department members Jason and Tatiana Billington direct traffic at East Main and Lepper road, where Mohawk Valley waters were receding.
