Gov. Kathy Hochul calls New York flash floods '1,000 year event' | USA TODAY

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a state of emergency Sunday for Orange County. That included the town of Cornwall, near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, where many roads were flooded and closed off. RELATED: Guesthouse becomes engulfed in flames forcing tourists to jump https://bit.ly/44gAHhX The slow-moving storm moved northward Monday morning after hitting parts of New York and Connecticut on Sunday. Deadly floodwaters had swept across parts of the Northeast Sunday, where a woman was killed by flooding in New York state. Parts of Pennsylvania were swamped by up to 8 inches of rain. And forecasters warned that residents from North Carolina to New Hampshire could expect heavy rains and potential flooding, with flash flood warnings in parts of New York, Vermont, and Connecticut. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3GqYgdk » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #NewYork #Flashflood #Flood