2023-07-11 12:14:36
NEW YORK – Several states in the northeastern United States are on alert for flash floods this Monday due to torrential rains, which in recent hours have caused at least one death, forced the rescue of around twenty people and already left millions of dollars in damage .
The National Weather Service (SNM) has nearly all of Vermont and parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York on a flood watch, especially near rivers and streams, and urban areas and streets with deficient drainage systems, indicates its website.
The authority recommends that drivers turn around when they encounter a flooded road, since “most deaths occur in vehicles”, have their phones charged to know the warnings and find out if they are near rivers, streams or channels that can overflow quickly and be deadly.
Vermont is one of the most affected in the region: water measurements have so far been between 23 and 49 feet (7 and 15 centimeters), and it is expected to reach 16 feet (5 centimeters) in the next few hours in areas that are “in danger of death”, including regarding twenty towns and the Rutland airport.
In that state, emergency teams have rescued this morning regarding 20 people who were on a boat, and another two dozen have had to be evacuated from their homes, indicates The New York Times.
There are four Vermont rivers in flood and one of them, the Winooski, which runs through the capital, Montpelier, is expected to reach more than 20 feet on Tuesday, which would exceed the 2011 storm surge. tropical Irene, according to local media.
Vermont today has at least a 70% chance of “excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding,” compared with 40% in parts of southern Maine, western New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and northeastern New York, a chart indicates. of the SNM.
Rafael Pujols brings us the details.
In New York, the authority maintains a watch, not an alert, for flooding, especially in the center of the state, but expects it to be “minor.”
But yesterday’s heavy rainfall, reaching 66 feet (20 centimeters) in some parts of that state, has wreaked havoc, claiming one life and trapping hikers and drivers who had to be rescued.
Other than that, Amtrak train service between the capital Albany and New York City has been temporarily suspended as of this morning while flood damage to the tracks is repaired.
In New York’s Orange County, in the Hudson River Valley, a 35-year-old woman died last night as she tried to get out of her flood-drenched home and was swept away by heavy rains.
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