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parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they don't have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and waters. look at that truck trying to get through the water. that water has to go somewhere and it ...

reason why. you're looking where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they don't have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and waters. look at tha...

It forced several airlines including british airways to cancel flights between london and scotland already today. we could know later today if transatlantic flights to and from the uk will also be impacted. and one flight that was affected was president obama's. the ash there forced him to leave ireland earlier than scheduled. he's now in london for a full slate of events. >> mr. obama's stay in ireland was a real family affair you could say. traveling with the president and sunlen miller has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, rob. the president announced himself as barack...

There. >> oh, there he goes. drinking it down. >> you know, the funny part is that you can hear the roar from the people in the pub. he slammed some money down on the bar and said i want it to be known that the president of the united states pays his bar tab. he also wants to make sure that nobody thinks that he's a freeloader. >> that is great. guinness for the president. but ed, of course on a much more serious note, the president visited alabama, as we know after the devastating tornado there. is he able to keep up with what's going on in joplin, missouri from there in ireland? >> reporter:...

garbage. it was a little depressing. but i'll bet those parade organizers are watching tv today and feeling kind of bad. because this is a pretty good parade right here. "go bulls." i like that. we got some bulls fans here. now of course, an american doesn't really require irish blood. to understand that ours is a proud, enduring, centuries-old relationship that we are bound by history and friendship and shared values, and that's why i've come here today as an american president to re-affirm those bonds of affection. earlier today, michelle and i visited moneygall where we saw my anc...