Thousands of people were left in the dark, as Debby caused more flooding

The devastating flooding of southern New York and northern Pennsylvania triggered by Debby’s Tropical Cyclone on Saturday night, prompting rescues by helicopter

After blowing into Canada, Debby flooded southern-central New York and north-central Pennsylvania with rain, prompting rescues by helicopter. The post-tropical cyclone continued dropping rain on New England and southern Quebec, Canada, on Friday night with conditions expected to improve Saturday morning as the system continued moving northeast.

In Steuben County, which borders Pennsylvania, officials ordered the evacuation of the towns of Jasper, Woodhull and part of Addison, and said people were trapped as floodwaters made multiple roads impassable. By mid-evening, some of those orders were lifted as threat of severe flooding passed.

There was a bridge that was overtopped by a creek in Woodhull. Area resident Stephanie Waters said parts of sheds, branches and uprooted trees were among the debris that slammed into the span.

John Anderson said he watched the floodwaters come up quickly, overwhelming some vehicles in Canisteo, in Steuben County, and nearby in Andover, in Allegany County. “It’s been very fierce,” said Anderson, who was providing dispatches to The Wellsville Sun. He said he watched people’s belongings get carried away by the raging water.

Stacey Urban, whose family owns the Moss Vanwie Farm in Canisteo, New York, said the floodwaters destroyed about three-fourths of the 1,200 acre farm, including about 400 acres of corn, 200 acres of soybeans and hundreds more acres of hay used to feed their cows and other animals.

Ann Farkas has lived in Canisteo for over 30 years and said it was the first time her home had flooded since she moved there.

Steuben County manager Jack Wheeler said the storm was hitting some of the same areas as Tropical Storm Fred three years earlier and that a half-dozen swift water rescue teams had retrieved people trapped in vehicles and homes.

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director Randy Padfield said a National Guard helicopter with aquatic rescue capability was sent to Tioga County, which borders New York, because of severe flooding conditions in the region. Rescues were conducted in a variety of places, including eight to 10 locations, according to Padfield.

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Rossman said that the roadway is pretty much gone. That will be a very expensive replacement. One of the main thoroughfares in the county.

More than 35,000 homes and businesses throughout Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont were still without electricity as of Sunday afternoon according to the tracking website Power Outage.us. Some 23,000 outages lingered in hard-hit Ohio, where Debby-related storms including tornadoes blew through the northeastern part of the state on Wednesday.

In Vermont, where 44,000 customers were without electricity on Friday night, Gov. Phil Scott said Debby’s remnants could cause serious damage to places that have already been hit by flash flooding. But a flood watch was called off by mid-evening. The rural town of Lyndon, in the northeastern part of the state, had it’s roads washed away during the flooding that hit on July 30. Three weeks before that, there were deadly flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. President Joe Biden approved Vermont’s emergency declaration.

Rick Dente, who owns Dente’s Market in Barre, Vermont, worked to protect his business with plastic and sandbags as the rain poured down on Friday. He said there wasn’t much else you could do.

After Debby Left thousands in the dark, and threats of more flooding, a coastal NC resident reported at a pub in New Bern, North Carolina

Flood warnings are still in effect across the central and eastern part of North Carolina where more storms could come over the next few days. With the ground already saturated from Debby, the National Weather Service said it could result in additional flash flooding throughout coastal Carolinas.

After hitting Florida on August 5th, the storm spent a week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives along the East Coast.

Authorities in Lumberton, N.C., said in a Facebook post Saturday that one person died after driving into floodwaters on a closed road and getting swept away. Officials didn’t identify the driver but said that they hoped the driver would be rescued from the damage caused by the storm.

After a flash flood warning, business was busy at the Halftime Pub and Grub restaurant in New Bern, North Carolina.

“Right now, it’s thundering, sprinkling and pretty dark so I’d say it’s going to start raining hard here pretty soon,” she said. We have been getting it pretty rough the last week or two, which is unusual for this time of year.

According to the National Weather Service in Charleston, additional rain could lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. There could be showers and thunderstorms in Charleston County down through Chatham County and inland.

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On the loss and recovery of a family ranch in Steuben County: A grateful mother and a grateful grandfather,” Sgr Urban told the Associated Press

She said by phone that the home was completely and utterly destroyed as fire department officials were bailing out the basement. “We never thought this would happen.”

According to Urban, the family has been in operation for 37 years and hasn’t had a chance to make a full accounting of the damage, but said all of their 150 cows and 200 youngstock are safe and all equipment has been recovered.

Recovery efforts are ongoing in Steuben County. They were going to distribute water bottles and clean up kits to residents who were affected by the flash flooding. The Red Cross opened a shelter for flood victims inside the high school and was going to keep it open until Monday.

“Twice in three years the Tuscarora Creek turned from a gentle stream into a raging beast,” county officials wrote in a post on the government’s Facebook page Sunday afternoon. “It’s just too much. The sun still rose Saturday. Volunteers fixed breakfast. People from all four towns rolled up their sleeves, took a deep breath.”

Source: Debby left thousands in the dark, and threats of more flooding

The National Hurricane Center is anticipating another tropical storm in Tioga County, South-central Pennsylvania, on Sunday morning: Emergency Service Volunteers and Emergency Preparedness

Officials in Tioga County in north-central Pennsylvania said Sunday morning that 10 teams of emergency service volunteers would be out surveying residents about damage as responders kept up the search for a person missing since the flooding.

They are volunteers, so please be nice to them, they are dedicating their Sunday to help you out, Commissioner Rice said.

State Rep. Clint Owlett said that faith-based disaster relief organizations were ready to help with the damage. That is going to be a big deal.

The National Hurricane Center is watching another storm in the Atlantic. Officials said a tropical depression is likely to form within the next day or two and could approach portions of the Greater Antilles by the middle of the week.