Flooding Forces Evacuations, Washes Out Roads

Nassau County police say that as of 4 a.m. Monday, no motorists were stuck in their vehicles. Police had received at least a dozen emergency calls involving cars stuck on inundated roads Sunday night.

A section of the Long Island Expressway was closed due to flooding but was reopened at around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Nassau County police responded to heavy flooding in seven areas.

At least 100 people were evacuated in Herricks after flooding caused part of a basement wall of one house to collapse, rupturing a gas main. At least 100 people have been evacuated from a neighborhood on New York's Long Island after flooding caused part of a basement wall of one house to collapse, rupturing a gas main.

There also were scattered power outages across Long Island. Flooding also was reported in parts of Rockland County. In Nyack, flooding clogged storm drains with debris and dumped muddy water into building basements along a three block-stretch.