A major rainstorm moving through the Northeastern U.S. over the weekend brought unexpectedly destructive flash floods to the region, killing at least one person in southeastern New York and inflicting serious damage on homes, businesses and infrastructure across New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine. Flash flooding that began July 9 and continued in some areas into July 11 washed out bridges and buckled roads. President Biden authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts and issued a disaster declaration for all fourteen counties in Vermont.
Pamela Nugent, a senior associate at infrastructure engineering firm Hardesty & Hanover in New York City and its development and operations manager for emerging markets, died July 9 near her home in Fort Montgomery, N.Y. She had been trying to save her father’s dog, the firm said on its website.