Helicopters rush aid to Vermont towns isolated by hurricane-damaged roads and bridges

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

NEWFANE, Vt. -- National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cutoff Vermont towns after the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges in a deluge that took many people in the landlocked New England state by surprise.

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