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Reburial Ceremony Held At Rochester Cemetery

Families have held a reburial ceremony at a Vermont cemetery where human remains were washed out of the ground by Tropical Storm Irene.

About 50 graves were washed away in Rochester's Woodlawn Cemetery in the August 2011 storm. Only about half of those have been recovered.

Families gathered Sunday to hold the reburial ceremony.

Members of the Johnson family told WCAX-TV they feel lucky that all seven of the relatives were found, but that only helps ease some of the pain. Katrina Johnson-Breen said no one wants to have to bury someone twice.

Rochester was among the communities hardest hit by Irene. Roads leading to it washed out, leaving residents cut off from the outside world for days.

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