IT BEFORE. BUT THANKFULLY, BRIGHTER DAYS ARE AHEAD. FLOODWATERS FR TOMHE CONTOOCOOK RIVER RUSHING OVER NORTH BENNINGTON ROAD IN BENNINGTON LAST NIG. >> IN THE SPRING, THIS CALOTION DOES HAVE A TENDENCY OF FLOWING OVER AND WE DO HAVE TO CLOSE IT . BUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IT’S NOT A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE. MIKE: WHILE ONE HOMEOWNEREA D WITH A FLOODEDAS EEMT,EN -- FLOODED BASEMENT, OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING THIS STREET CLOSED UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. >> WHEN THE BARRICADES ARE UP AND IT SAYS RO CADLOSED, DON’T TRY TO GO THROUGH THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN GO THROUGH , BUT JUST A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN PULL YOUR CAR INTO THE RIVER. MIKE: FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, PEOPLE WERE STUNNED BY HOW HIGH THE WATER WAS OVER THE WEENDKE >> HERE IN PETERBOROUGH, THAT RIVER, THAT’S PRETTY HIGH. I’VE NEVER SEEN IT THAT HIGH. >> I COULD HEAR IT FROM OUR COTTAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME. NEVER HAVE HEARD THE RIVER BEFORE. MI:KE THE POWER OF WATER CAVED IN OLD TOWN FARM ROAD, A DEAD END STREET WITH ABOUT 18 HOMES ON IT. >> SO IT ISN’T LIKE WE CAN TEAR IT UP, LEAVE IT OPEN AND HAVE THEMUS JT WORK ON IT OVER THE COURSE OF DAYS OR WEEKS AND PEOPLE CAN GET AD.RO THE TOWN IS ENVISIONING SOME DELAYS WITH THE COORDINATION OF THAT WORK. MI:KE A SIMILAR PROBL IEM JAFFREY, WHERE OFFICIALS ARE NOW FACED WITH COSTLY BRIDGE AND CULVERT REPAIRS. >> WE’VE GOT NEIGHBO HRSERE THAT ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 50 YEARS AND SAID THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE TH. MIKE: REGARDING THOSE RD REPAIRS, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE WORKING WITHEM FA TO SCHEDULE A DAMAGE ASSESSM