Nina Brennan, right, and Phyllis Berry clean mud from in front of the Proud Flower store in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in Waterbury, Vt. Almost 50,000 Vermont utility customers were without power and many bridges were destroyed by the “epic” flooding.

First published in the August 29, 2011, 9:00 p.m. edition

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