30 August 2011Last updated at 01:38

In pictures: US counts cost of Tropical Storm Irene

People on Coney Island beach on 29 August 2011

New York and other US east coast cities awoke on Monday morning to begin work on the lingering problems caused by Irene, which hit some states as a hurricane and some as a tropical storm.

Half-submerged home in Pine Creek, Fairfield, Connecticut, after Tropical Storm Irene passed through on 28 August 2011

With homes lost, roads and rail lines submerged, and power lines down, the cost has been estimated at up to $7bn (£4.3bn).

Residents walk along Highway 12 in Cape Hatteras, 28 August 2011

Roads in coastal areas - such as Highway 12 in North Carolina - are currently impassable in spots.

Billy Stinson (left) helping his daughter to the steps of their cottage, which was washed away in Nags Head, North Carolina, on 28 August 2011

Billy Stinson, pictured on the left, is one of many who have lost their homes. He helps his daughter to the steps of his destroyed cottage in Nags Head, North Carolina - where Irene first made landfall.

Residents in Windsor, Vermont, watch as water rushes over the Ascutney Mill Dam on Kennedy's Pond, on 28 August 2011

These residents in the Vermont town of Windsor watch as water rushes over a dam.

Flood waters close Route 100 in Waitsfield, Vermont, on 28 August 2011

Hundreds have had to be evacuated in the neighbouring state of Vermont as heavy rains have caused flash flooding across the area.

A man walks on top of a wall next to a flooded highway in New Brunswick, NJ on 28 August 2011

Airports and New York's subway reopened on Monday while other roads and railways remain closed. In this picture, a man walks on top of a wall next to a flooded highway in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Andrew Kozlov stands with water waist-high in his basement in Hoboken, NJ.

Andre Kozlov, 38, walks through his flooded basement in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Residents of Stumpy Point, NC make their way into their flooded home on 28 August

President Barack Obama has warned that although the storm has passed danger remains - particularly from flooding and power cuts.

A large tree crushing a car in Baltimore, MD on 28 August 2011

Those power cuts include more than 3 million people on the eastern seaboard.

A kite is flown near the Hudson River at Hoboken in New Jersey on 28 August 2011

But officials in many parts of the heavily-populated east coast are breathing a sigh of relief that the damage has not been worse.

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In pictures: US counts cost of Tropical Storm Irene

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