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Jonathan Gordon

929WC11jon_2023-09-29-11-28-53

Is usually where we start to see a good bit of ponding and flooding and there it is. So let's check. It's not just here like I said, everywhere. So we want to check in with Jonathan Gordon. He is in the Maronick. Jonathan. I can only imagine. You've got to be seeing some flooding there on your end. Yeah. No, it is pretty significant here, Lisa, we made our way from Scarsdale to Ma Marine. You hear just the sirens in the background. First responders are working very hard here and this is really your major, one of your major issues. The Shell Drake River, this is a park and right now it is more like a swimming pool and would not dare get inside of it. The river is at a very high level. Of course, this is one of those notorious spots here in the village as you know, this is where the Army Corps of engineer part of the project that is set to begin not so long from now to do some widening of the river and some deepening the river to mitigate this issue. But the problem is this is part of the water that as it keeps rising, backs up into downtown Ma Marinac. It is really where we're standing now is where water was rushing in during Hurricane Ida. I don't know if it's going to get to that level yet, but what we do know is that it is at a very high level. Normally, you can't actually see the river just runs behind the trees here and we've just been told that the village has taken all precautions. They have done a lot of dredging. First responders are out today. We are told that they have put up emergency barricades in preparation and we have seen fire trucks and we have seen a lot of police cars out here today. Stay off the roads here. I marine. That is the message from the mayor Tom Murphy. You want to go across the bridge to Rockland County is where Diane Caruso is in Spring Valley, Diane. How's it looking by you?

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929WC1030jon_2023-09-29-10-47-52

We want to see what else is going on around Southern Westchester. So let's check in now with Jonathan Gordon, he is in Scarsdale, Jonathan. What are you seeing there? Well, Lisa, this part of Old White Plains Road, right by Magneti Circle has been shut down. You still see some cars trying their best to make it through but that is not advisable. A pair of cars are trapped at this point in the middle of this road. The flooding is very severe in this part of Scarsdale. I spoke to a couple of homeowners in the area told me that this is a notorious spot that this has been a spot that was flooded very badly during hurricane IDA and subsequent storms. Since then, these flash floods tend to pop up here. But you can see as that car was just driving through, you saw just how deep that water is. Several feet and a couple of cars as you now see, have tried to make it through and have not successfully made it through. And at that point, the car is just done and it's really a dangerous situation. We're talking about a life or death situation. Here and we're hearing about flooding, not just here in Scarsdale, Mama, New Rochelle all up and down this sound shore area. It is a really severe situation. The mayor of Marine is saying, you know, if you don't have to be on the roads, don't please do your best to just allow emergency crews to get where they need to be. One of the things that just happened even a minute or so ago, an ambulance from Marine was trying to pass by here, had the sirens going, they had to stop and turn around. So if first responders es are not going through, you should not be going through either. So again, this part of the road is shut down. We were on our way to Mama and this morning and this is where we had to stop just because it is such a severe situation. A lot of people are uneasy about what the rest of the day might bring because of just what they're seeing in the first few hours here the morning. And it is seriously a very serious situation here. Life or death situation. You do not want to drive through floodwaters like this. Again, roads are already being shut down across the sound shore because of that flooding. We're going to keep an eye as we travel to marine throughout the rest of the day, we'll send it back to you for now.

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News 12’s Jonathan Gordon is checking out conditions across the Sound Shore as heavy rain and winds are causing treacherous driving conditions.

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Storm Watch: Heavy rain slams Sound Shore communities

News 12’s Jonathan Gordon is checking out conditions across the Sound Shore as heavy rain and winds are causing treacherous driving conditions.

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