NEW : Police helicopter rescues 87 people stranded in a house cut off by floodwaters . NEW : The town had been filled with vacationers , as well as people who headed to vacation homes in the area as they heeded warnings to evacuate parts of New York that forecasters had expected to bear the brunt of Irene 's impact , said Williams , from the Huntersfield center . Others find shelter at a American center . NEW : `` There are some here that have nothing to go back to , '' a center official says . County official : 21 people stranded in New York were rescued about five months .
NEW : Police helicopter rescues 87 people stranded in a house cut off by floodwaters . NEW : Others find shelter at a American center . NEW : `` There are some here that have nothing to go back to , '' a center official says . County official : 21 people stranded in New York were rescued about five months .