NYS FLOOD HELPLINE: 1-888-769-7243<\/p>\n
ROAD CLOSURES:
\nHERKIMER COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Rt 5 in Town of Little Falls, at Gun Club Road, alternating traffic due to a mud slide
\n\u00b7 NY 168 in Mohawk between Columbia St\/Rt 28 and Rt 167
\n\u00b7 NY 169 in the Town of Herkimer, between Kelly Road and West End Road
\n\u00b7 NY 51 between Ilion and Cedarville
\n\u00b7 NY 5S East Main Street
\n\u00b7 NY 80 in the Town of Stark, between the Otsego County Line and NY 5S
\n\u00b7 In Fairfield – Lynch Road
\n\u00b7 In Frankfort – Main Street, Avery Street, Southside Road, Widrick Road
\n\u00b7 German Flats – Lower End Elizabeth Road, Putts Hill
\n\u00b7 Herkimer – South Main at Steele, Folts Road
\n\u00b7 Schuyler – SR 5
\n\u00b7 Rt 5S – Water over Mucky Rum and Dyke Road
\n\u00b7 Shells Bush Road – Mudslide
\n\u00b7 Higby Road and Coop Hill Road – Washed Out
\n\u00b7 Rt 28 Water over rod at Schader Hill
\n\u00b7 Dyke Road
\n\u00b7 Rt 51 at Steel Creek
\n\u00b7 SR 169 at Middleville
\n\u00b7 Brockway at Higby
\n\u00b7 Fords Bush and Fire Hill<\/p>\n
MADISON COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 NY 365A in the City of Oneida, between Genesee St\/ NY 5 and NY 365.<\/p>\n
MONTGOMERY COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Abbott St in the Town of Fort Plain, is open and closed at various time due to road work
\n\u00b7 NY 80 in the Town of Fort Plain, between Abbott St and Pumpkin Hook Rd (Otsego County)
\n\u00b7 NY 5S\/NY 80 in the Village of Fort Plain, at Main Street
\n\u00b7 NY 5, between NY 10 and NY 334 is closed due to train derailment.<\/p>\n
ONEIDA COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 NY 12B in the Town of Franklin\/Deansboro, between Rt 233\/Harding Rd and Rt 315.<\/p>\n
ESSEX COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Rt 9 closed from Rt 73 to Rt 9N between North Hudson and Elizabethtown.<\/p>\n
CORTLAND COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Rt 41 (Main Street) is closed in both directions (NB\/SB) between South Street and Elm Street in the Village of McGraw
\n\u00b7 US Rt 11 is closed in both directions (NB\/SB) between Rt 41 and Ridge Road in the Town of Cortlandville<\/p>\n
CHENANGO COUNTY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Rt 12B (North Main Street) (NB\/SB) is closed between Howard Road and Rt 12 due to flooding.
\n\u00b7 Rt 12 (North Main Street) is closed in both directions (NB\/SB) between Rt 12B and Rt 80 (West State Street) in the Town of Sherburne.<\/p>\n
DOT is also reporting the following bridge closures: Montgomery Co., NY 80, Town of Minden and the Town of Fort Plain – US 20 to Herkimer-Otsego County Line, closed due to possible undermining of bridge. Herkimer Co., NY 168, Columbia Street\/NY 28 to NY 167\/Paines Hollow, closed due to possible undermining of bridge and NY 169, Eatonville Road to North Creek Road, closed due to possible undermining of bridge.<\/p>\n
POWER OUTAGES:
\nNational Grid is reporting the following electrical customers are without power associated with the flooding in the Mohawk Valley and Northeast Regions:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 FORT PLAIN: 248 electric meters are off or pulled from service. The company has turned back on 101 meters, with the remaining 121 reported as condemned or require additional work required. The remaining inspections are being performed where access is available.
\n\u00b7 HERKIMER: 154 electric meters are off or pulled from service. The company has turned back on 45 meters, with the remaining 109 reported as condemned or require additional work required.
\n\u00b7 UTICA, ROME, ONEIDA: 434 electric meters are off or pulled from service. The company has turned back on 50 meters, with the remaining 384 reported as condemned or require additional work required.<\/p>\n
Number of customers without gas service associated with the flooding in the Mohawk Valley and Northeast Regions:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Fort Plain: 187
\n\u00b7 Herkimer: 117
\n\u00b7 Mohawk: 179
\n\u00b7 Ilion: 66
\n\u00b7 Utica\/Rome\/Oneida: 369<\/p>\n
TO CONTACT YOUR UTILITY COMPANY:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 CENTRAL HUDSON: 1-845-452-2700 OR 800-527-2714 OR GO TO WWW.CENTRALHUDSON.COM [1]
\n\u00b7 NATIONAL GRID (UPSTATE ELECTRICITY): 1-800-867-5222
\n\u00b7 NATIONAL GRID (UPSTATE GAS): 1-800-642-4272
\n\u00b7 NYSEG (ELECTRICITY): 1-800-572-1131, OR GO TO WWW.NYSEG.COM [2]
\n\u00b7 NYSEG (GAS): 1-800-572-1121
\n\u00b7 RG&E (ELECTRICITY): 1-800-743-1701, OR GO TO WWW.RGE.COM [3]
\n\u00b7 RG&E (GAS): 1-800-743-1702<\/p>\n
Utilities can provide customers with storm and safety information or customers can call the Department’s Call Center for information. THE PSC HELP LINE CAN BE REACHED BY CALLING 1-800-342-3377.<\/p>\n
SHELTERS:
\nRED CROSS HELP LINE: 1-315-705-5293 [4]<\/p>\n
Three shelters are currently open for displaced residents, or anyone in need of meals, water, and clean-up kits, among other tools for those affected by flooding.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Oneida Family YMCA at 701 Seneca St., Oneida
\n\u00b7 First United Methodist Church, 127 N. Prospect St., Herkimer
\n\u00b7 Jorgensen Center at Mohawk Valley Community College, 1101 Sherman Drive, Utica<\/p>\n
In addition, the Salvation Army has mobilized in HERKIMER COUNTY to distribute emergency supplies and meals, along with hundreds of clean-up kits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NYS FLOOD HELPLINE: 1-888-769-7243 ROAD CLOSURES: HERKIMER COUNTY: \u00b7 Rt 5 between Manheim Road at Bitelman Road, closed in both directions due to a mud slide \u00b7 Rt 5 in Town of Little Falls, at Gun Club Road, alternating traffic … Continue reading