4,700 Still Without Power After Lethal Sunday Storms

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Another set of severe storms on Sunday — including one that killed a woman at a campsite in the Catskills — brought flash flooding and downed wires to the region, and left thousands without power.

As of Monday morning, less than 5,000 customers of the utilities in the region were still out:

• Dutchess County: 4,499 Central Hudson customers
• Putnam: 10 Cen Hud customers
• Ulster: 113 Cen Hud customers
• Orange: 150 O&R customers
• Rockland: 1 O&R customer

One of the waves of thunderstorms sent 90-mph winds across two campsites on the border of Delaware and Sullivan counties Sunday morning. The National Weather Service said the microburst affected two campgrounds, with many recreational vehicles and camper units, a few tents, and at least two vehicles heavily damaged and in some cases destroyed by falling trees. Some of the trees or large branches exceeded a foot in diameter.

"A woman unfortunately perished when a large tree snapped and fell on her site, crushing it. At least one other person was injured with a hit to the head. There was an unknown number of additional though minor injuries," the NWS said. "Eyewitnesses reported that the winds came up
suddenly and then lasted at least 5 minutes with one tree after another falling during that period."

The cause of a fatal small plane crash at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Catskills is unknown.

It crashed in Delaware County after taking off from Albert S. Nader Regional Airport in Oneonta with five people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said. There were no survivors, according to the Aviation Safety Network, which said the plane's automatic surveillance data, which broadcasts information about an aircraft's GPS location, altitude, ground speed and other data to ground stations and other aircraft, showed that the airplane was climbing at an altitude 9,000 feet when it entered a rapid descent and data was lost. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The next expectation of storms is Friday.

Here's a look at the weather for the week ahead based on Dutchess:

Monday
Partly sunny with isolated showers. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tonight
Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

Tuesday
Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds, becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph.

Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Independence Day
Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning. Hot with highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.

Friday Through Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs around 90. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

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