Rainfall in West Point, New York, totaled more than 7.5 inches in six hours Sunday afternoon, according to preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On Sunday night, around 25 residents in Pennsylvania and 11 in New York were seeking refuge at the shelters, the Red Cross told CNN. The Red Cross has opened three shelters for people displaced by the flooding: one in Highland Falls, New York one in Reading, Pennsylvania and one in Barre, Vermont. I urge all New Yorkers to remain vigilant, monitor local forecasts and have an evacuation plan ready if you’re in a danger zone,” Hochul said. “While the storm has already passed through the southern part of New York, conditions remain dangerous in further north where there are ongoing extreme weather conditions. Hochul said FEMA and White House officials have offered to assist with the response. Officials in the area have set up a temporary shelter. In western New York’s Ontario County, door-to-door checks were conducted at about 120 homes, which prompted the voluntary evacuation of more than a dozen individuals and five pets, according to Hochul. Seth Harrison/The Journal News/USA Today Network Phil Scott declared a state of emergency Sunday as the weather service warned flash flooding could become “extremely dangerous.”Įmergency personnel used a boat to rescue residents of flooded homes on Lowland Hill Road in Stony Point, New York, on Sunday. Two areas in the state, Weston and South Londonderry, are currently inaccessible due to flooding, and search and rescue teams are working to regain access and perform welfare checks, Cannon said. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency warning for central Vermont on Monday, where 19 people have been rescued by boat and 25 others have been evacuated, Vermont’s Urban Search and Rescue team coordinator Mike Cannon told reporters. Flash flood emergencies and landslides are expected, with heavy rainfall expected throughout the day. Over 9 million people are under flood alerts across the Northeast on Monday, including parts of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine – as well as across the country in Washington and Alaska. Intense rain and flash flooding that left at least one dead in southeastern New York continued to pelt the Northeast on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and prompting road closures and water rescues.
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