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Manchester - Two floods in the last two years did major damage in New Hampshire. Some victims have recovered on their own; some rebuilt with the help of government aid or private charity. Others still struggle. Their stories are told in a series of interviews by UnionLeader.com reporter Pat Grossmith.
►Google map: Irene Goudreault's Manchester home
►IN SALEM: Mold, not flood waters, brought disaster (10)
►Dec. 26, 2007: How two floods crippled an Allenstown neighborhood
Salem - Lana Lynch was happily married nine years ago when she and her husband bought an “adorable” bungalow with beach rights. Today, the separated mother of four struggles to maintain the 38 Shore Drive home as it disintegrates around her.
More stories about the floods' victims:
►Dec. 26, 2007: How two floods crippled an Allenstown neighborhood
►Marla and Dean Murray: An insurance battle (6)
►Brian Gagne and Marsha Abbott: On higher ground
►Edward and Delores Fay: A fortunate couple
►Paul and Evelyn Bernard: Accused of disorderly conduct (4)
►19 months later: Some are still without a home
Allenstown - Editor’s note: Some New Hampshire homeowners still struggle to recover from the destructive floods of 2006 and 2007.
National publicity and generous relief efforts helped many victims of those disasters recover -- but not all.
This is the first part of a series on those whose problems remain unsolved. Tomorrow, on Union Leader.com and in the New Hampshire Union Leader, homeowners in Salem and Manchester will be spotlighted.
►Dec. 26, 2007: How two floods crippled an Allenstown neighborhood
►Marla and Dean Murray: An insurance battle (6)
►Brian Gagne and Marsha Abbott: On higher ground
►Edward and Delores Fay: A fortunate couple
►Paul and Evelyn Bernard: Accused of disorderly conduct (4)
►19 months later: Some are still without a home
►Heavy snowfall, warmth put Allenstown on flood alert
►FEMA grants flood relief to Pembroke and Epsom
Allenstown - Marla Murray and her husband, Dean, salvaged little from their 2 Riverside Drive home after the Mother’s Day flood of 2006 savaged their neighborhood . What they saved, they stored in their barn. Then the April rains came, and those were destroyed as well.
Concord - More than $19 million in U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance Loans have been approved for residents and business owners in New Hampshire affected by severe storms and flooding May 12-23.
Opening the pool will be a little more complicated this year for Michael J. Arsenault, judging by the black, murky water left behind by last week's storm. (THOMAS ROY)
New Hampshire is drying out from its second devastating rainstorm in seven months.
►Remembering the Floods of 1936
►Neighborhood residents evacuated on their own
►Business owners in Hooksett drying out
►Complete Coverage: The Floods of 2006
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►Closed and damaged roads listed by town
►Derry man dies after car is submerged in Mass.
►Crisis team tracks damage, sends help
►Flood claims 1st NH victim, forces evacuations
►Berlin wants to lend help
►NH isn't out of the woods yet
►Being in floodwaters 'felt like forever' says rescued boy
►Lynch urging federal haste on flood aid
►Gregg confident NH will see flood aid
►Rush on flood clean-up gear runs store shelves dry
►Flood damage in tens of millions
►Rainfall is comparable to '38 hurricane, '36 flood
►It's the wettest May on record
Concord - Far away from the swollen rivers, washed-out roads and flooded neighborhoods, a team of state and federal officials track the historic storm’s ominous course through New Hampshire, monitoring damage and dispatching help where needed.
►New cracks in Newmarket retaining wall bring worries
►State of emergency lifted in Derry
►Private dam breached at Pillsbury Lake in Webster
►Some Salem roads being checked
►Recovery under way in Chester
Derry - A Derry man died yesterday after his car was submerged in floodwaters on Salem Road in Topsfield, Mass.
CONCORD - The state Department of Transportation released this list of road closures and problems at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday:
More The Floods of 2006 >>>
- > Berlin wants to lend help
- > NH isn't out of the woods yet
- > Being in floodwaters 'felt like forever' says rescued boy
- > Rush on flood clean-up gear runs store shelves dry
- > Flood damage in tens of millions
- > Lynch urging federal haste on flood aid
- > Gregg confident NH will see flood aid
- > It's the wettest May on record
- > Rainfall is comparable to '38 hurricane, '36 flood
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