Flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley Leaves at Least 1 Dead
In Saratoga County, near the town of Waterford, Routes 4 and 32 were flooded with up to two feet of water, Andrei Evbuoma, a meteorologist with the Weather Service in Albany, said.
Portions of nearby roads in the area were impassible, he added, complicating rescue efforts.
Alan C. Mack, the deputy commissioner of emergency management in Orange County, said on Sunday evening that officials were still trying to get a full assessment of the possible damage and danger.
“We’ve got to the point where we know there are people in trouble, and we can’t get to them because the roads are all blocked,” Mr. Mack said, adding that he did not know how many people were stuck.
In Cornwall, a town in Orange County, the local office of emergency management urged residents on Sunday night to “get to higher ground” if their location was not safe. “Travel is impossible,” the office said on Twitter.
Mudslides, stranded vehicles and flooded roadways were reported in town, according to the office.
A New York City-bound Amtrak train was halted, as it approached Poughkeepsie on Sunday evening, with an Amtrak employee saying over a loudspeaker that there had been a “complete washout of both tracks” south of the city, preventing any travel by train.
Source: The New York Times
