Life resumes after hurricane Irene - in pictures

Crews work to clear mud from flooded streets in Brattleboro, Vermont Photograph: Jim Cole/AP

A man runs along the beach on Coney Island at dawn in Brooklyn Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Lock 8 in Rotterdam, New York, overflows with water as a result of Irene Photograph: Patrick Dodson/AP

A woman walks along Highway 12, the main road that connects Cape Hatteras National Seashore to the mainland in North Carolina Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/Reuters

Workers clean up a car showroom after water flowing through the open floodgates at the Pompton River dam caused a flash flood in Wayne, New Jersey Photograph: Chip East/Reuters

Power company crews work on restoring power lines and electrical service in Wilmington, Vermont Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

Pedestrians walk in bright sunshine past a shop which was boarded up in preparation for Irene Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The rails are empty as trains remain idle at the Trenton Transit Centre due to flooding in New Jersey Photograph: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

National Grid crews work in symmetry to restore power near Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island Photograph: David Klepper/AP

A caravan lies semi-submerged on the beach in Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe, North Carolina Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/Reuters

A man sweeps silt left behind from the floodwaters of the Schuylkill River at the Penn Athletic Club in Philadelphia Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

A home destroyed by Irene on the beach in East Haven, Connecticut Photograph: Jessica Hill/AP

The New York state flag is raised in front of a hotel across the street from the World Trade Center site in New York City Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Two men use a boat to navigate a street after the Pompton river burst its banks during a record flood in Pompton, New Jersey Photograph: Chip East/Reuters