Rain lashed upon New York's Hudson Valley leading to massive floods that claimed the life of one person. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings across parts of southeastern New York while describing it to be “life-threatening.” A slow-moving storm led to State Route 9W getting flooded. Parts of the Palisades Interstate Parkway were shut following the massive rainfall, news agency Associated Press cited a New York State Police official as saying. The police have asked the public to avoid the said parkway.
An official of the New York State Police said that the parts of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, which is typically heavily travelled, were flooded and completely washed out.
The storm struck Hudson Valley on Sunday and filled some areas with five to eight inches of rain. As per the New York Times, the epicentre of the storm struck West Point, the U.S. Military Academy in Orange County, which had about eight inches of rain on Sunday night.
Ben Noll, a meteorologist at the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, shared a visual from the Hudson Valley and said that as per the radar, nearly 10 inches of rain fell on Monday. Ten inches of rain falls over an entire summer there usually.
Several bridges collapsed making roads impassable. Search-and-rescue operations were conducted on Sunday.
New York Times cited Orange County executive, Steven M. Neuhaus, as saying that said that there had been one death amid the flooding. As per NYT's report, State Senator James Skoufis, who represents Orange County, said that the deceased was a woman in her 30s. He added that so far they haven't found any leads on the cause of death or circumstances.
Many people have been suspected to be missing as they were swept away in the flood.