Weather & Science
Floods in US Northeast Forecast to Bring $5 Billion in Damages
- Heavy rain killed at least one and snarled transportation
- Vermont hard hit by slow-moving storm that should taper off
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The flooding across the Northeast that left one woman dead in New York, closed rail lines and devastated Vermont could bring as much as $5 billion in losses, according to one estimate.
The record rains that swept from New Jersey to Vermont since Sunday will likely cause $3 billion to $5 billion in direct storm damage, as well as economic losses, commercial-forecaster AccuWeather Inc. said in a statement.