Cleanup Begins In Soggy Northeast As Henri Plods Back To Sea

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A worker cleans inside Four Boys Ice Cream store in Jamesburg, N.J., on Monday.





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A few miles away from Monroe, the whirring of portable pumps split the air on the main street in Jamesburg, another hard-hit New Jersey community.





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A worker cleans the outside area of Four Boys Ice Cream store after Tropical Storm Henri in Jamesburg, N.J., on Monday.





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A house sits damaged by a fallen tree in South Kingstown, R.I., on Monday. Strong winds from Tropical Storm Henri downed trees and power lines across the state, leaving residents without power.





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The back yard of a house in Helmetta, N.J., is seen partially flooded on Monday after being hit by Tropical Storm Henri.





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A National Grid crewman removes a snapped electrical pole from Caswell, St. in Narragansett, R.I., on Monday. Strong winds from Tropical Storm Henri downed a large tree that fell on top of the power lines.





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A National Grid crewman removes a snapped electrical pole from Caswell, St. in Narragansett, R.I., on Monday. Strong winds from Tropical Storm Henri downed a large tree that fell on top of the power lines.


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Annette Landry, a resident of Manchester, Connecticut, a Hartford suburb some 40 miles inland, hoped Monday’s rains wouldn’t be a repeat of the deluge that left three units in her condo complex under a few inches of water Sunday.

Firefighters said they helped evacuate 18 homes and made several rescues after Henri dumped about 5 inches of rain.

«It was a tragedy that this happened, because the people who live here are people who can ill afford to live anywhere else, said Landry, a 72-year-old retiree whose second-floor home was spared.

In central New Jersey, Dolores Hebert was still shaken Monday after being ferried to safety by boat with her dog and cat as 8 inches of rain fell and water surged through the streets in Rossmoor.

«I was sleeping and when I woke up, it was up to my knees, the 76-year-old said as she stood by a front door bearing 18-inch-high watermarks. «I didn’t know what to do. I panicked.