
On Mother's Day weekend in May, rain poured onto the Granite State. Rivers swelled, homes flooded and roads washed out.
Although flooding devastated southwestern New Hampshire in the fall of 2005, this year's flooding proved to be far more widespread, often called the "disaster without a ground zero."
NHPR Stories
Web Resources:
NHPR Web Extra: Photos from the 2006 Floods
NHFlooding.com
Nashua Telegraph: NH Army National Guard Lends a Hand in Merrimack
Photo: Cheryl Senter
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