Areas of Rensselaer County like Averill Park, Sand Lake, and Poestenkill are still trying to rebuild and recover from the historic flooding that happened due to strong storms on July 15th.
The devastating storms dumped thousands of gallons of rain on the already rain-soaked areas of Rensselaer County and caused roads to be washed away, vehicles to be submerged and businesses and homes to be damaged by the floodwaters.
As residents continue to clean up the damage from almost two weeks ago officials are concerned that the historic flooding may have caused toxic waste from the Dewey Loeffel Landfill Superfund site to leak and contaminate area streams and kills that could spread toxic waste all over the Capital Region. The Dewey Landfill in Nassau contains about 46,000 tons of industrial waste. The Times Union lists some of the toxic waste stored in the landfill as industrial solvents, waste oil, PCBs, scrap materials, sludge, and solids.
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Route 66 in the area of Hollywood Drive In is closed due to flooding
Gilligan Road in East Greenbush is limited to one lane of traffic at Columbia Turnpike
The area of Luther Road and Chamberlin Hill Road is also flooded and roads are closed
Rabie Road is closed due to a landslide with dirt in the road
Milers Corners Road is closed at Rt. 150
White Church Rd in Brunswick at Rt 351 is under water
There is mud in the roadway at 2465 Kraft Rd in Castleton
Oak Hill Rd in Sand Lake is closed due to mud in the road and washouts
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5,000 customers lose power in Rensselaer County
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National Grid and New York State Electric & Gas were working to restore service Thursday to nearly 5,000 residents in Rensselaer County.Times Union file photo
Thousands of utility customers in southern and central Rensselaer County were without power Thursday.
At 3:30 p.m., a New York State Electric & Gas outage map showed roughly 3,500 customers without utility service in the towns of East Greenbush and Sand Lake and other nearby communities. National Grid showed nearly 1,000 of its customers without service in the area around the town of Nassau.
In a message to town residents, Nassau Supervisor Dave Fleming said the town was told the outages were caused by an issue between a National Grid site that lost its feed to the NYSEG circuit and subsequent substations.