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General News: Cornwall Digs Out from the Storm
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| A crew worked on still-flooded sewer plant. |
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| The bridge on Shore Road leading to the sewer treatment plant is also closed. |
August 30, 2011
A state of emergency is still in effect in the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson as crews work to recover from the problems caused by Tropical Storm Irene. All day Monday people could be seen pumping out flooded basement, picking up debris and recounting their experience during the biggest storm to hit the area in recent memory. Hundreds of residents remained without power, especially in the outlying areas of Cornwall.
On Shore Road, the town’s sewer plant is still partially submerged and inoperable. A half dozen men could be seen working on it Monday afternoon, trying to get it back online so that sewer would no longer discharge directly into the Hudson River without being treated first.
In the village, the department of public works has suspended trash and recycling collection until at least Thursday, when they hope to begin picking up from residences.(UPDATE: VILLAGE TRASH COLLECTION RESUMES WED. AM WITH RECYCLING PICK-UP VILLAGE-WIDE.) The safety of certain roads, including Wood Avenue, where a sink hole appeared during the storm, have yet to be tested to accommodate the large garbage trucks. Trash collection in the town of Cornwall is following a normal schedule. Most of the DPW’s vehicles were removed from the DPW yard on Shore Road after four feet of water flooded the place during a storm surge, knocking around items stored at the site and making the fuel pumps inoperable.
Storm King Fire Engine Company chief Jeff Armitage said that his members rescued 16 people from Mountain Road and another 11 from Maple Road after water surged off the mountainside Sunday, trapping people in their homes. Armitage said he and assistant chief Chris Odell tied ropes to a truck to perform a rope rescue of a family on Mountain Road because the water was rushing too fast for them to walk through.
Over in Mountainville, the fire company was submerged by several feet of water and in Salisbury Mills, the flooding Moodna creek cut off access to the fire station.
In Cornwall, Route 32 Southbound was still closed on Monday, though police chief Todd Hazard said he expected it to re-open by evening, along with the lower portion of Angola Road. Pleasant Hill at Jaeger Drive and the intersection of Otterkill and Taylor Roads did not fare as well. Both areas are expected to be closed for extended periods, according to Chief Hazard.
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