'WE UNDERESTIMATED THE POWER OF THIS STORM'

Rochester, Vermont Hit Hard By Irene

ROCHESTER, Vt. — Coffins lie exposed at the village cemetery, having popped out of the ground. Homes are reduced to what look like piles of giant matchsticks. A weathered brown house hangs precariously out over a creek, an enormous chunk of soil underneath chewed away by floodwaters.