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41 people now confirmed dead from hurricane irene. this hour vermont is still trying to pull people out of the rushing rivers. i'll speak with several people still trapped there. including a groom got married saturday, hoping to leave on his honeymoon in 48 hours. we'll get a live update pr him. also from fema and the governor of vermont. stay tuned for that. in addition to the wildfires, there's talk about a formation off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. chad myers, who is racing back out here. chad myers, as we're looking at this formation, do we need to be worried? >> we don't ...

governor is speaking a short time ago. >> really what we're focusing on is getting the power back. rhode islanders without power getting antsy. they want to -- that's really where our focus is. we'll assessment damage and the cost and everything else. that's our priority right now. >> and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging rivers that are far out of their banks today. let's go now live to cnn's amber lion who has been driving from what i ...

this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what's flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island's governor is speaking a short time ago. >> really what we're focusing on ...

storm. again. >> good evening, y. all week we ha beenwatching different computer models changing their mins. finally, it looks lke we're getting a consensus on what tis path will be bringin us. we will see an accumulating snow, and that includes the d.c. tro. as you mentioned, i arts tomorrow morning,and most of the day. on top of that, w're lookg at some gusty winds, as well. the heht of the storm between 00 in the afternoon morrow, sunday, through :00. after 9:00, it will be winding down, but ill snowy. thse winds, as the storm wipds down will real be sting. we should expect wind g...