Torrential downpours unleashed flash floods on the U.S. Northeast on Monday that washed out roadways, overwhelmed rivers, forced numerous boat rescues and killed a woman who was swept away in front of her fiancé, officials said. | Reuters
Amtrak suspended passenger train service between the state capital Albany and New York City after flooding damaged tracks. Amtrak shares some of that route’s track with the Metro-North commuter railroad into New York, which suspended some service on that line and another.
Parts of Vermont had already received between 7 and 8 inches of rain, turning streets into raging rivers. “A bridge washed out, and that was the only way in or out,” she said. “The call for help went out at 4 a.m., and they set up a swift-boat rescue. Everyone is safe this morning.”More boat crews, including some from North Carolina, were on their way to Vermont to help with other rescues, officials said.In New York, more than 8 inches of rain fell from Sunday to Monday in Stormville, a small town just over 50 miles northeast of New York City.
“Her fiancé literally saw her swept away,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul told a press conference in the town of Highland Falls.
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