At this point Hurricane Irene has devolved out of a tropical depression and passed well into Canada towards dissipation, but over the last 72 hours has wreaked havoc across the eastern seaboard of North America.  While most of the brouhaha surrounded the potential urban flooding in New York City, it seems that New England was actually hit harder by the rain and flooding.  Parts of Vermont, upstate New York and New Hampshire have been devastated by raging flood waters, the ultimate damage from which will probably not be known for weeks.  While the focus should no doubt be on the tragic loss of life and recovery in the area, it’s hard to not admire the power of nature during events like this.  Clearly the people who experienced it first hand are struck with this same kind of awe and admiration, because we’re seeing some really impressive footage of waterfalls in the New England area during these floods.

As more video surfaces, we will be actively updating this post, so check back periodically over the next few days.

*UPDATED 8/31*

Connecticut:

• Kent Falls, the state’s tallest waterfall, put on a rather impressive show for a normally rather small stream, swelling to cover its entire cliff face in places (which just doesn’t normally happen).

Maine:

• Great Falls of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston was flowing spectacularly 24 hours after the brunt of the storm passed through.
• Screw Auger Falls in Grafton Notch was truly and spectacularly living up to its name.

Massachussetts:

• Otherwise placid and normally very diminutive (for this time of year) Wahconah Falls in Dalton morphed into a beast of such proportions that it appears to have been trying to swallow itself whole.
• Footage of Doane Falls in Royalston doesn’t show it going particularly crazy but its still pretty impressive (certainly much more impressive than it was when I saw it in October 2005).

New Hampshire:

• Normally dry (from hydroelectric diversion) Goodrich Falls turned into an entirely different beast.
• The town of Jackson’s namesake waterfall flooded so spectacularly that it produced standing waves that overtopped small trees.  
• Livermore Falls on the Pemigewasset River actually looked like a waterfall for once.
• The Upper Falls of the Ammonoosuc River – normally harboring a very nice swimming hole – looked like it could strip the paint off of a truck.

New Jersey:

• Great Falls of the Passaic River did its best impression of Niagara.

New York:

• Cohoes Falls in Albany is usually dry this time of year thanks to the adjacent hydroelectric powerhouse, but after Irene visited the falls it looked nothing like its usual self.
• Mount Ida Falls in nearby Troy made mincemeat of the huge pool normally found at its base.
• In Greenwich, the Batten Kill exploded over Dionondahowa Falls like something out of a Michael Bay movie.

Pennsylvania:

• As this video of a raging Bushkill Falls shows the Keystone state didn’t escape the rain either.
• Resica Falls looked more like Ohiopyle Falls during the storm.

Vermont:

• Winooski Falls in Burlington was transformed so dramatically that if one didn’t know a dam was present at the falls before seeing this footage, it would be hard to be convinced otherwise.
• Normally placid Thatcher Brook Falls in Waterbury resembled something else entirely.
• In Springfield the Black River did its best to remind onlookers of what it looked like before Comtu Falls was covered with dams.
• Waits River Falls in Bradford actually resembled a waterfall during the flooding, rather than a dam with bare rock below as is the norm.  
• Bartlett Falls in Bristol tried (and partially succeeded) to swallow itself.
• Button Falls along the Mettowee River basically turned into a long rapid because of the volume of water present.
• Middlebury Falls pulled an odd one and made itself look more like a dam than a natural waterfall.
• Further downstream along Otter Creek – which apparently crested 10 feet above its historic high level – Sutherland Falls in Proctor appears to have been inaccessible for the most part, but what could be seen showed not water falling but rather being shot out of a jet engine.

If you have additional footage of waterfalls that were swollen to epic proportions from Irene, we want to see it!