Westhampton Beach Village Urges Residents to Take Precautions

The following was issued by the Village of Westhampton Beach on Friday afternoon.

Mayor Conrad Teller would like to alert local residents to the increasing potential for a “major coastal storm” that is likely to hit our area beginning early Sunday afternoon possibly through Tuesday.  Prolonged power outages are likely and severe flooding in low lying areas is expected.

The Village has been closely monitoring the situation with Southampton Town, Suffolk County and LIPA.  High winds and torrential periods of rain are expected throughout the event. The Village urges residents to stock up on supplies, coordinate storm plans with friends and family and secure their homes and businesses.  

Evacuation zone maps are available on the Southampton Town web site. There is also a “SLOSH Zone Locator” tool available where residents can enter their property address to find out if they are located in a potential evacuation zone. You may access this information here.

If evacuations are warranted and carried out, information will be available on the Village website. 

Further, information can be found on Southampton Town’s website here. 

Also, information on the opening of any emergency shelters will be on the Village website as well.

Caretakers of residents with special health requirements who rely on life support equipment are urged to call LIPA as soon as possible at 1-800-490-0025 to register as critical care customers. Once registered, LIPA will make every effort to restore power for critical care customers as soon as possible, should an outage occur. Advance registration for this service is required, along with a medical certificate from a doctor or the local Board of Health. 

Residents, particularly those without Internet access, should also sign up for CodeRED to receive emergency information. Registration is available by calling 631-852-4900.T

he Village urges residents to pack an emergency kit with the following items:

• 5-7 days of non-perishable food and water

• 5-7 days of medications

• Batteries and working flash lights

• Battery powered radio

• Be sure to Charge cell-phone batteries

• Essential nonprescription items and medical information