Southampton Emerges Relatively Unscathed From Storm: 'We Held Up Okay'

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — Southampton Town officials continue to monitor flooding after Mother Nature slammed Long Island with torrential rain Sunday night, causing road closures, water rescues and basements filled with water in many areas.

According to Ryan Murphy, Southampton Town code compliance and emergency management administrator: "So far, we have flooding in many of our normal lower lying/vulnerable spots in the town."

The National Weather Service reported that although Bridgehampton residents saw about 4.40 inches of rain, Hampton Bays had a total of 6.51 inches.

"Parts of Dune Road have decent ponding of water on them, but are generally passable still if people drive slow and cautiously," Murphy told Patch. "Some road ends are also experiencing flooding in the same places they do for most storms. There were a few trees down, but not many."

Compared to other areas, Southampton emerged relatively unscathed, Murphy said. "By and large, I think we held up okay. Whenever we get significant rainfall, especially, in a reduced timeframe, we see the storm drains get overwhelmed. We should continue to see the water decrease as the drains have some time to catch up today."

Also, Murphy added: "We are still assessing impacts to the beaches from some of the wave action over the last couple of days. We have concerns that this is a strong start to beach erosion season. Our beaches took quite a beating last year and could really use more time to heal and recover. We are concerned with impacts of additional and future erosion on our beaches without some significant federal intervention from the Army Corps of Engineers."