Flooding snarls traffic, strands drivers and renews drainage concerns

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Jul 22, 2026
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And in areas like White Plains and Greenberg, flooding caused a traffic headache.
One driver even got stuck in a flooded underpass.
News 12's Jeremy Hopwood has more.
Rains causing confusion and danger today along the Greenberg-White Plains border.
A viewer sent us this footage of cars and trucks flooded along the underpass of Tarrytown
Road.
Only an hour later, the same underpass cleared of cars and the water gone.
Then just after 4 p.m., a second deluge flooded the same underpass again, stranding this driver.
She was too upset to speak with us on camera, but told us she thought she could make it
through the water.
Emergency crews stood by as the flood once again receded.
They need to dredge the Bronx River and widen it.
Tom, who lives on Old Kensico Road, showed us his flooded backyard and flooded basement.
They got to take out the choke points, which follows this river throughout the town.
So I've now lost the water heater.
I'm about to lose the washer and dryer.
Tom and other residents we spoke to said a construction project nearby is contributing
to runoff from increased cement.
And any water that would have gone there is now rolling our way.
I figured like this exact place is going to be flooded and everything.
Like many drivers, Cedric was forced off the Bronx River Parkway by flooding.
I saw some of the rubble on the roads and everything.
So it's been hectic.
I kind of expected it with like, you know, the heavy rain.
A frustrating and precarious afternoon on the roadways of Westchester.
In White Plains, Westchester County, Jeremy Hopwood, News 12.
