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we begin this morning, talking about the aftermath of irene, the massive storm that paralyzed and pummeled much of the east coast. today, it's blamed for at least 21 deaths in nine states from florida to vermont. and at last count, about 3 million homes and businesses are still without power. more than a billion dollars in damages is blamed on the storms winds. flooding damage will be much more costly. three navy ships should be positioned in relief efforts from new york to new england. cnn crews are in place, measuring the storm's impact and the struggle for the millions of american...

Mid-atlantic and the northeast, and we will stay dry along the mississippi river in the short-term period. >>shepard: and the coast guard has shut down a major mississippi river shipping lane to try to avoid putting extra strain on the levees and that will affect everyone. officials say the river near the port of natchez is closed to barge traffic. that cuts off a crucial route for grain from the midwest of the united states to the gulf. officials say that closing could cost the economy hundreds of millions a day. think of that. and a clear sign of -- actually, no clear sign of when it will re...

Managed to rack up a reported $54 billion deficit because of stimulus spending. swann says he wants australia to be the first economy to return to a surplus after the crisis. meantime, australia got upbeat trade news on monday. the government says the trade balance swung back into a surplus in march. exports outweighed imports by $1.74 billion. that was more than three times more than analysts have been expecting. it also would suggest that operations in queensland are getting back to normal after the devastating floods of a couple of months ago. those floods have cost australia's economy a lo...

Of thing in the united states. we're getting a lot of reports of the food and water shortages and or kinds of shortages, what kind of numbers. >> up to a million people are finding it difficult to find food and water for five days now. a hundred troops on the ground trying to provide emergency aid to folks and they're worried that food from japan might be contaminated in some way and you find that in hong kong, the philippines, singapore, they're testing that food and lots of worries there. up to half a million people are in emergency shelters. as you mentioned the forecasts, for freezing, nea...

. lisa sylvester's monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi, wolf. nashville tennessee mayor, karl dean said damage estimates from last weekend's flooding stand at $1.5 billion and that's before they calculate the cost of public roads, bridges, and the contents of buildings. 52 of tennessee's 95 counties have been declared disaster areas. record-busting rains pushed rivers and creeks to levels not seen in decades. the storms are blamed for at least 31 deaths in tennessee, kentucky, and mississippi. nutrisystem said it has c...