Hudson Valley Flooded: Day, Lawler Tour Stony Point Damage

STONY POINT, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day and U.S. Rep. Michael Lawler toured one of the region's communities severely flooded in Sunday's torrential rains on Monday afternoon.

SEE: Hudson Valley Flooded: 1 Dead, Trains & Roads Closed, More Rain Coming

Emergency responders from across the county assisted in rescuing several residents. Members of the Piermont Fire Department's underwater rescue team pushed through swift water above their hips to rescue a man trapped in his home. Members also assisted in rescuing a trapped family and wheelchair bound woman from the waist-high floodwaters in the park across the street.

In its Facebook post thanking all the emergency responders who came to help, the Stony Point Ambulance Corps named the Stony Point Police Department, Wayne Hose Company #1 ,Stony Point Fire Dept, Thiells Fire Department, Rockland Paramedic Services, Spring Hill Community Ambulance Corps, Nanuet Community Ambulance Corps, Piermont Fire Department HART, Piermont Fire Department, Nyack Fire Department, the EMS and Fire Coordinators with Rockland County Fire and Emergency Services, their dispatchers with Rockland EMS and Haverstraw Ambulance Corps, Inc. for helping to cover calls.

Day and Lawler were scheduled to tour the scene with Rockland County Office of Fire and Emergency Services Director Chris Kear, Stony Point Town Supervisor Jim Monaghan and County Legislator Doug Jobson.

The historic rainfall left roads and bridges severely damaged, municipal buildings flooded, sewer plants underwater, and caused millions in property damage to residents across the 17th Congressional District.

"I have spent much of today touring the district with our incredible first responders, public works employees, and local leaders in an effort to help each county impacted reach the threshold in damages so as to qualify for a Major Disaster Declaration," Lawler said in a media statement. "It's clear, based on initial assessments, that we are looking at tens of millions of dollars in damage here, and we all need to work together in order to ensure that the full force of OEM and FEMA are able to help with recovery efforts."

At midday Monday, these roads in Rockland were still closed, according to the County Government Facebook page:

• PIP closed both ways from Exit 14 to Rt 6.
• Rout 9W from Tompkins Cove to Bear Mountain.
• Bear Mountain Bridge only open to emergency vehicles.
• ‘Goat Trail’ from Bear Mountain Bridge to Peekskill/Westchester is closed.
• Route 6 from PIP over the mountain into Orange County is closed.
• Route 9W north from Bear Mountain Circle into Fort Montgomery is closed.
• Route 210 in Stony Point at last word still closed for downed power lines.
• Route 210 closed from Cedar Flats Road to Old Route 210.
• Cedar Flats Road closed from Route 210 to PIP Entrance.
• Bulsontown Road at Mott Farm Road intersection closed.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday afternoon that New York State's emergency declaration has been expanded to Rockland County as well as Clinton, Essex and Oswego counties due to the catastrophic flood damage from severe storms Sunday. It had originally been issued for Orange County and expanded to Ontario County.

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