Flash flood warnings with more than an inch already fallen in many places
A pedestrian sloshes through heavy rain on Monday in Massapequa Park. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Long Island until 7 a.m. Tuesday, and many towns and villages across Long Island had already received more than 1 inch of rain by 10 a.m. Monday – with 1.83 inches recorded in East Hampton and 1.47 inches recorded in Long Beach, the National Weather Service said.
Suffolk County Police said they had no reports of road flooding. The same could not be said for Nassau, where police said they had multiple reports of flooding and downed trees, as well as almost 10 reported minor car accidents – roughly double the usual amount.
There was a report of flooding near the athletic field, Maclaren Stadium along Loring Drive in Levittown, police said. The area borders the Wantagh State Parkway north of Chase Lane. There also were reports, police said, of downed trees in Oyster Bay and in Massapequa Park and an accident on the Northern State Parkway.
The weather service said the hardest hit areas for rainfall by 10 a.m. Monday were: Long Beach (1.47); North Massapequa (1.11); North Merrick (1.1); East Rockaway (1.08); Levittown (1.07); Bethpage (1.06); Muttontown (1.04); and, Oyster Bay (1.02). In Suffolk, the highest rainfall totals were: East Hampton (1.83); Commack (1.19); Melville (1.1); and, North Babylon (1).
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