NY flood forces road closures around Rockland, Orange; 1 dead in Orange County

Devastating flooding on Sunday swept away a woman in Orange County, left multiple roads and bridges shut down Monday in parts of Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam, and curtailed some Metro-North train service after a rain deluge sent vehicles floating, opened sinkholes and flooded homes.

"You only need to walk through these streets and see the pain in people's eyes as they described to me their loss, their fear, their anxiety," Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a Highland Falls news conference in Orange County on Monday.

A woman was rescued from her senior apartment by crews from West Point, Hochul said. But there was also a 35-year-old woman who officials said drowned. She came out, saw her house taking on too much water, and didn't survive.