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New England Floods Landa, implemented Emergency

Liputan6.com, Rhode Island: a severe flood hit areas of New England, the United States, Thursday (1 / 4), to soak the citizens of houses and vehicles. As a result, hundreds of people forced to evacuate from their homes. Efforts to evacuate residents from flood in Rhode Island, the area most severely flooded, had lasted for three days along the Pawtuxet River to overflow.

Since Wednesday morning local time, the river water levels reached 6.4 meters, which is almost double the normal time. Floods soak roads from Maine to Connecticut, and destroying bridges. These floods caused by torrential rain for three days, and were among the worst in 200 years.

Part of the East Coast road, Interstate 95, was also inundated. Government of New England has warned that the flooding was worse than that happened two weeks ago, and is predicted not to recede in recent days. Even President Barack Obama also declared a state of emergency in Rhode Island. (PAG / ANS)