Irene caused $1 billion damage in NY

President Obama resoluteness visit New Jersey on Sunday to perceive for himself the devastation caused through Hurricane Irene.

Obama will tour Paterson, a struggling city on the surging Passaic River from which hundreds of residents have been evacuated.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has asked concerning federal help to deal with the blow violently , the aftermath of which continues to work havoc on the Garden State.

The White House notice Wednesday of Obama’s impending visit came after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo estimated the first brunt did $1 billion in damage to the Empire State.

“Over 600 homes destroyed, six towns inundated, 150 greater highways have been damaged, 22 specify bridges closed,” Cuomo said. “In the domain of agriculture, over $45 million in mar, 140,000 acres and still climbing.”

Upstate, in critical, paid a “terrible, terrible price as antidote to this storm,” and the state resoluteness need federal aid to help regain the former state, the governor said.

“We need succor on the economics,” Cuomo said. “These are not communities of hard pockets and these are communities that direction need help, economic help to reinstate themselves.”

Cuomo capped his sad litany ~ the agency of adding, “We’re not just going to reconstruct. We are going to rebuild back more appropriate than ever before.”

Those optimistic war of ~ stood in stark contrast to the scenes of pillage in flood-ravaged Prattsville that Cuomo toured with Homeland Secretary honcho Janet Napolitano and FEMA chief Craig Fugate.

Fugate said the “verisimilitude is high” that additional counties choose be added to the disaster proclamation signed Wednesday by President Obama, which cleared the way for them to take in federal assistance.