By the numbers: the New England rainstorm

[April 20, 2010]  (AP) -- Some numbers from the states hardest hit by the rainstorm and flooding of March 29-31:

CONNECTICUT:

Highest rainfall total: 8.4 inches in Deep River.

Evacuations: Scattered local evacuations, none state-ordered.

Power outages: None significant.

Hardest hit: Middlesex and New London counties in southeastern Connecticut.

MAINE

Highest rainfall total: 5.76 inches in Wells and Fryeburg.

Evacuations: No evacuations, no shelters.

Power outages: None significant.

Hardest hit: Southwestern and coastal areas, including largest city, Portland.

MASSACHUSETTS:

Highest rainfall total: 7.25 inches in Dighton.

Evacuations: About 1,000, not including those who went to homes of friends; 400 in shelters.

Power outages: None significant.

Hardest hit: Southeast, near Rhode Island. Entire eastern half of state affected, including the Boston area.

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

Highest rainfall total: 5.58 inches in Atkinson.

Evacuations: About 100.

Power outages: None significant.

Hardest hit: Southern part of state, including one of largest cities, Nashua.

RHODE ISLAND

Highest rainfall total: 9.97 inches in South Kingstown

Evacuations: Several hundred in Cranston, Warwick; state operating 10 shelters.

Power Outages: 6,200 at noon Wednesday, down from 14,000.

Hardest hit: Along the Pawtuxet River in Cranston, Warwick and West Warwick.

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Sources: National Weather Service, state emergency management agencies

[Associated Press]

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