breathe in, the mayor explains his heart feels more and more water-logged and weary. >> extremely frustrating. look at these people. it's sad. it's sad. i could cry for these people. >> reporter: and the mayor expects all of this water to continue clearing over the next few days. in fact, he expects 90% of this town to be dry by saturday. then the long and expensive cleanup can really begin. in fairfield, new jersey, marcie gonzalez, abc news. >> it's not just new jersey. some small towns in vermont are still cut off by the flooding as well. >> and millions still without power. my heart bleeds for those people with the flooding. because you can rebuild the house, hopefully you have insurance, you can get new furniture. but it's the family pictures and the heirlooms and childhood stuff that you can't replace. >> even when it comes to insurance, so many people not have flood insurance. >> that makes the climb that much steeper for those folks. it's going to be months of torture for them. just days after irene, the second hurricane of the season