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At Least 1 Dead as Heavy Rains Set Off Flash Flooding in New York [1]
['Eduardo Medina', 'Livia Albeck-Ripka', 'Jesse Mckinley']
Date: 2023-07-09
A slow-moving storm system brought heavy rain across a wide section of New York State on Sunday evening, flooding streets, prompting dozens of rescues for drivers whose vehicles were stranded on inundated roads and causing at least one death, the authorities said.
The Hudson Valley was the most affected by the storm system on Sunday, with sections of the area getting between five and eight inches of rain, the National Weather Service said.
The epicenter of the storm struck West Point, the U.S. Military Academy in Orange County, which had about eight inches of rain as of Sunday night.
Trooper Steven V. Nevel of the New York State Police described the search-and-rescue efforts on Sunday night as an “all hands on deck” endeavor, saying that several bridges had collapsed and many roads were impassable.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/nyregion/flooding-west-point-orange-county.html
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