KEENE, N.H. (AP) – City officials evacuated hundreds of residents Friday amid concerns that heavy rains would bring renewed flooding this weekend, even as the region struggled to recover from last weekend’s floods.

Authorities said rising water levels at the Surry Mountain dam prompted them to evacuate 93 residents of the Tanglewood Estates trailer home park along the Ashuelot River. It was the second time in a week the park’s residents were evacuated.

National Guard troops supervising the evacuation said they had not encountered any resistance.

“Well, I don’t feel like floating down the river in a mobile home. Just as simple as that,” said Stan Posner, as he packed up his home Friday evening.

Officials also urged another 1,200 residents in eastern parts of Keene to evacuate. Several shelters around the city had been opened to accommodate the residents.

The evacuations came as the entire state was under flood watches or warnings. Flood warnings – issued for Cheshire, Hillsborough, Belknap, Sullivan and Merrimack counties – mean flooding is imminent.

Cheshire County saw the worst of the flooding earlier in the week with extensive damage to homes and roads.

Communities throughout southwestern New Hampshire had evacuation plans ready, but hoped they wouldn’t be needed. Three or more inches of rain were expected in some areas, sometimes at a rate of an inch an hour.

The earlier flooding killed three people. Hinsdale, Keene and Alstead sustained the worst damage, where driving rain sent a wall of water over Warren Lake dam. The water broke through a culvert, smashing bridges and sweeping away a dozen houses.

On Friday, searchers continued combing debris piles and the Connecticut River for Sally and Tim Canfield, who apparently were swept away along with their house, and Spencer Petty, who may have been washed downstream in his van.

Matthew Saxton, head of Alstead’s select board, was confident the worst was over. He said deep cuts in the shore from last week’s flooding would help contain any overflowing water this weekend.

Meanwhile, Gov. John Lynch toured the flood-damaged region for the fourth time this week to monitor repairs and meet with representatives from state and local governments and utility and phone companies.

He said his priority was to restore power and phone service to all communities by this weekend. Eight Alstead families still without power Friday were to receive generators from the National Guard, which has deployed 175 troops to the region.

Lynch said another priority is making sure local officials have direct access to help. On Friday, he passed out laminated cards printed with numbers for aid agencies, utility companies – and his cell phone.

“They can call me any time on my cell phone, because that’s my job, to help people and help the families,” he said.

Federal Emergency Management Agency assessors were expected to continue evaluating flood damage next week. It could take up two weeks for federal disaster money to arrive.

Meanwhile, Saxton worries about the bills. He said money is needed to cover the cost of repairing local roads, and asked Lynch to look into releasing money from the state’s rainy day fund. Doing so would require legislative approval.

“The only place the money is going to come from in any kind of short term hurry is from the state,” Saxton said. “We had 30 hours of a rainy day and we got 12 inches of rain in that rainy day. If a rainy day fund was meant for anything, this has got to be it.”