Residents and DPW crews across the Hudson Valley are bracing for up to 6 inches
of rain from the remnants of Ida.
Piermont village officials tell News 12 they are prepared to respond during the
brunt and aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
However, there are still concerns of
power outages and flooding over already saturated ground.
"Here in Piermont we have a double edge sword. We have
the river to worry about when that floods or when it rains like this, we have
all the water coming down the side of the mountain,” says Piermont Mayor Bruce
Tucker.
Village
officials say they’ve communicated with local police, fire, emergency
management and Department of Public Works officials about monitoring the storm. Piermont is a place very familiar
with storm surges along the Hudson River.
Orange and Rockland says Piermont is a problem area it'll be keeping an eye
on among others, especially where trees could be an issue.
"There's been a lot of erosion as a result of the rainfall, the trees
start to become unstable then we'll expect outages in places like that and we
plan accordingly by putting more crews in that area,” according to an
Orange and Rockland representative.
Across the region, municipalities
say they're prepped and are ready go whether it’s lowering reservoir
levels, cleaning out catch basins or bringing pumps and generators on standby.
Tucker
says the village will suspend overnight parking restrictions to encourage
residents in low lying areas to move their cars to higher ground.
The Village Hall and the Piermont Fire Department will serve as an evacuation
location for residents without power and those looking for shelter.