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Greene County recounts operations after July 29 flash flooding; damage assessments and multi-agency recovery ongoing
Summary
County emergency officials reported heavy localized rainfall on July 29 (6–11 inches in parts of the county), thousands of 911 calls, multiple municipal emergency declarations and initial public-damage assessments totaling just over $500,000, and outlined multi-agency recovery services and Team Rubicon muck-out planning.
An emergency-services official briefed the Public Safety committee on county response to flooding on July 29, reporting that parts of Greene County received between 6 and 11 inches of rain over a 24-hour period and that 911 call volume spiked. “Depending on where you were in the county, we received between 6 and 11 inches of rain over 24 hour period,” the official said while describing the storm footprint.
The 9-1-1 center handled hundreds of storm-related calls in the immediate period, and officials reported 5,049 total 9-1-1 calls for the month of July. Several local jurisdictions declared states of emergency (Greene County, town of Cairo, town of Greenville, town of Hunter, village of Tannersville and town of Wendell), and Greene County and other partners opened shelters and resource centers. The county deployed portable pumps, sent 30 sandbags and worked with local highway crews to close flooded roadways.
Officials also described activating the community organizations active in disasters (COAD) and the American Red Cross for sheltering, and said Team Rubicon has been tasked to mobilize muck-out assistance next week. Initial public-damage assessments from eight jurisdictions reported a little over $500,000 in damage—mostly culvert repair, replacement and road-shoulder erosion—though officials noted that many small pump-out requests may not have been captured in preliminary data.
Officials urged residents to monitor local alerts and said recovery operations and resource centers will continue while some municipal states of emergency remain in effect.
