Rescue teams raced into Vermont on Monday after heavy rain drenched parts of Northeast, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and halting some airline travel. One person was killed in New York as she was trying to leave her home.
The National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont, said a flood watch remains in effect for all of Vermont until Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, heavy rain poses a risk of significant flash flooding throughout parts of New England on Monday. “She was trying to get through with her dog,” Neuhaus said, “and she was overwhelmed by tidal-wave type waves.”
Hochul announced a state of emergency Sunday for Orange County. That included the town of Cornwall, near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, where many roads were flooded and closed off.