Flooding in the East:

In upstate New York, state emergency officials said two people were dead after a "washout" Wednesday morning on a major highway.

In New York, hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in the Binghamton area after the Susquehanna, Chenango and other rivers flooded.

Sections of three major highways in the region -- Route 17 and interstates 81 and 88 -- were closed Wednesday.