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to countless communities where irene, now a tropical storm, is causing catastrophic flooding this is margaretville, a small village in the catskill mountains, about two and a half hours south of the city. within the past hour president obama addressed the government's response to this natural da disaster. >> i do want to underscore that power may be out for some time, perhaps days. i want to make sure dhs, fema and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help folks on the ground. >> reporter: irene is now over central vermont and moving north at 25 miles per hour, it's ...

Their soul purpose is to survey the area and take out any tar balls with nets if they can. because they're trying to keep this area as open as possible. they've got boats there, they've got owners that keep their boats there, and they want to try and keep the harbor open so they can go out with those boats as much as possible, don. >> all right. thank you very much. ines, listen, the dive that's going to happen just minutes away, we're hearing crews are getting into place right now, so they should see it at any moment now, so make sure you stay tuned. we're anticipating it, as well. and i'm su...