Heavy Rains Push Through Dams In Some NY, Conn. Towns
NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- It started with a trickle, then accumulated to a roar. Heavy rain and snow melt cascaded into ice-clogged rivers causing the water to become an irresistible force in parts of New York and Connecticut.
In upper Westchester County, Hunter Brook was now running through the stone dam that held it back for more than a century. The dam was built so long ago no one knows who really owns it. It may never be re-built.
The beautiful trout pond was turned into a vast plain of knee-deep mud.
"It was a gorgeous pond. It's just a shame that something like this happened," Yorktown resident Mike Dubopvsky told CBS 2's Lou Young.
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The Sympaug Brook in Connecticut also ran amok on its way to the Norwalk River. The water literally pulled the earth out from under a stretch of Metro-North commuter rail line south of Danbury, which will halt service in the area for at least a week.
"We averted a major disaster," John Longobardi, of Metro North, said. "The water just forced its way through, it was a solid berm going through."
"The force of the water and the amount of rain we had and the runoff from the melting snow just kept pushing and pushing against the berm," Longobardi explained.
With more rain on the way later in the week, there is a strong likelihood of the big rivers once again running high.
"The dam can only hold back so much before they have to open it up and whenever they open it up everybody downstream always gets hammered," Fairfield County Resident David Horree said.
