New York +NYS Thruway Shut Down+

New York +NYS Thruway Shut Down+ The New York State Thruway is closed from exit 25 to exit 36 due to to flooding.

A State of Emergency has been declared in Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, and Oneida counties and at least two deaths have resulted from flooding in Central New York today.
Although rain has subsided in most areas, Flash Flood Warnings are still in effect unitl
3pm and most roads are still closed.

In Westbrookville (Sullivan County) a water search by the Fire Department is going on at Pine Kill Road for two missing children possibly in water, one child was tied off to a rope but was since lost in the water, the rope and their bicycles were recoverd by PD with out them.

U/D: 13:53
In Livingston Manor a house at Finch Street had collapsed on top of teenagers, PD and FD are searching for a 15-year-old girl Jamie Bertholf.
An evacuation has been ordered in parts of Sullivan and Orange Counties due to numerous towns are in water, assistance from surrounding towns and counties have been requested to go street by street to assist people with evacuation also is there some reports of mud slides in some areas.