Mark Lieb, Rockland Video Productions
Action News Service video
MID-HUDSON – Tuesday’s storm with strong winds, heavy rain
hail and reports of tornadoes was deadly.
Newburgh City Police said an 11-year-old girl was unloading the family’s
car with her mother at their 23 Robinson Avenue home at 4:15 p.m. when
the wind toppled a large tree onto the vehicle. The child was rushed to
St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The
mother suffered minor injuries. Police did not release the names of the
victim or her mother.
Because of damage to trees and electrical infrastructure with an unconfirmed
report of a tornado, all streets in the City of Newburgh were closed until
further notice.
There is also an unconfirmed report of another death when a tree fell
on a vehicle on Albany Post Road in the Town of Newburgh.Livingston Manor
and Narrowsburg were hammered with strong winds, hail and a suspected
tornado as the storm rolled through the region late Tuesday afternoon.
The Town of Highland was virtually shut off from the outside world as
trees came down across the Sullivan County town. Crews of volunteers armed
with chainsaws were out cutting up and removing trees from roads.
In Fishkill, a tree was reported to have come crashing down on at least
one house and on Ketchamtown Road in Wappinger, a car was struck by a
falling tree.
In the Village of Walden, a state of emergency has been declared because
of storm damage.
A state of emergency has been declared in the towns of Cochecton, Forestburgh,
Highland, Lumberland, Mamakating, Tusten, Smallwood in the Town of Bethel
and Rock Hill/Glen Wild in the Town of Thompson.
Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro has issued an emergency order
restricting travel in the southern area of the county including the City
of Beacon, Town and Village of Fishkill, Town of Wappinger and Village
of Wappingers Falls.
Metro-North Rail service on all lines was suspended as a result of the
storm because of downed trees on tracks.
Above: A downed tree crushed a car in the City
of Newburgh (Photo: Mark Lieb, Rockland Video
Productions)
Right: Hail the size of golf balls in
Livingston Manor
