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Relentless rain floods roads, force evacuations in the Northeast

Rescue teams raced into Vermont on Monday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and halting some airline travel. One person was killed in New York's Hudson Valley as she tried to escape her flooded home.

July 10, 2023

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a news conference Monday that Sunday's rain storm sent “cars swirling in our streets” and dumped a “historic” amount of rain.
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A damaged car lays on a collapsed roadway along Route 32 in the Hudson Valley near Cornwall, N.Y., Monday, July 10. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day.
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Heavy rain caused part of Route 30 in Jamaica, VT., to washout on Monday, July 10.
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Lisa Mackey and Ann Florsch, from Ulster County, N.Y., watch the heavy water flow in the West River in Jamaica, Vt., on Monday, July 10.
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Vehicles drive through the water flowing over Route 9 in Brattleboro, Vt., on Monday, July 10.
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Residents, journalists, and emergency service workers walk around a flooded Main Street, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Ashley Heath, a person facing homelessness in Brattleboro, Vt., looks over an area where she and others would camp under the Elm Street Bridge near the Whetstone Brook that flooded, Monday, July 10. In her three months of camping in that spot, this is the worst she has seen the water level.
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Kathy Eason, a worker at the Center for Highland Falls, stands on the storefront's stoop where she had been trapped by floodwaters the previous day, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Volunteers help clear Main Street of debris after floodwaters subsided, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Pedestrians pass along Main Street damaged by flooding the previous day, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Police tape crosses Main Street after floodwaters damaged the roadway and adjacent buildings the previous day, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, MTA workers assess flood damage to train tracks after a flash flood, Monday, July 10, near Manitou, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day, Monday.
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In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, water flows over the Metro North train tracks along the Hudson River during a flash flood, Sunday, July 9, near Manitou, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day, Monday.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and an entourage of emergency workers and journalists pass along Main Street, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, center, arrives alongside Orange County Executive Steven Newhaus, left, on Main Street, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Governor Kathy Hochul, fourth from right, and an entourage of emergency workers, resident, and journalists pass along Main Street damaged the previous day by floodwaters, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, alongside an entourage of emergency workers and officials, speaks to members of the media on the floodwater-damaged Main Street, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Ashley Heath, a person facing homelessness in Brattleboro, Vt., looks over an area where she and others would camp under the Elm Street Bridge near the Whetstone Brook that flooded, Monday, July 10. In her three months of camping in that spot, this is the worst she has seen the water level.
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Boats that got swept away from the marina on the West River in Brattleboro from the heavy rains get caught up in the new bridge project over the Connecticut River between Hinsdale N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt., Monday, July 10.
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Trailers are evacuated at the Tri-Park Co-Op Housing in Brattleboro, Vt., as the water in the Whetstone Brook crests, Monday, July 10.
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Meg Dawkins, left, and other community members, use tarps to keep the Curtis Pond dam from getting undermined Monday, July 10, in Calais, Vt.
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Standing on the Elm Street Bridge with some of his things packed, Jeremiah Ferland, a person facing homelessness in Brattleboro, Vt., looks at the spot where he and others would camp as the water levels of Whetstone Brook rise, Monday, July 10.
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Melissa Morgan, of Northfield, Mass., looks at the water flow at the Whetstone Brook in Brattleboro, Vt., Monday, July 10.
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Trailers are evacuated at the Tri-Park Co-Op Housing in Brattleboro, Vt., as the water in the Whetstone Brook crests, Monday, July 10.
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Mud, rocks and debris from Sunday's flash flood cover a road on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Monday, July 10, in West Point, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day, Monday.
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Nancy Cain, of Brattleboro, Vt., walks her dog Zephyr as the rain pours down near the West River in Brattleboro, Vt., Monday, July 10.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, alongside an entourage of emergency workers and officials, speaks to members of the media on Main Street damaged the previous day by floodwaters, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y.
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People look as as docks and boats are washed away on the West River in Brattleboro, Vt., near The Marina, Monday, July 10.
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Pedestrians pass a local river whose heavy current flooded nearby Main Street, Monday, July 10, in Highland Falls, N.Y. Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York's Hudson Valley has drowned as she was trying to leave her home.
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Hinsdale, N.H., firefighter Bill Hodgman looks at the water levels on the Ashuelot River as fire personnel block off part of the Millstream Riverfront Park in Hinsdale, N.H., as the water rises, Monday, July 10.

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