Man drowns at Connecticut campground

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The storm system that has dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the northeast began moving away Saturday, leaving flood warnings in its wake.

At least four people were killed by flood waters in a week, including three last weekend in southwestern New Hampshire. On Friday, a 75-year-old man was swept away by rising waters at a private campground in Stafford, Ct.

Robert Goulet, 75, who had a recreational vehicle parked at the campground, attempted to get out of his pickup truck after it got stuck, State Trooper William Tate said. Tate said heavy rainfall had created a stream of water that swept across the campground.

"The troopers who were there said it was like nothing they'd ever seen before," Tate said.

The week of rain caused problems from New Jersey to Maine. In Connecticut, I-91, the highway connecting New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass., was closed in two places by high water.

The National Weather Service reported flood warnings remained in place for many of New England's rivers -- from major ones like the Connecticut and Merrimac to minor tributaries like the Assabet west of Boston and the Pawtuxet in Rhode Island.