Flooding causes road closures and stranded vehicles in Stamford, Stamford CT
Road ClosureHeavy flooding in Stamford around Jefferson Street, Harborview, McGee, and Canal has led to multiple road closures. Several vehicles are stranded due to rising water levels. Emergency personnel are coordinating to shut down affected streets and assist with traffic control to clear stranded vehicles and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Stamford Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Cap, two locations.
00:04
We're at the East Main Street railroad bridge.
00:09
Are you committed there?
00:12
We're not committed.
00:13
We're just going to put a van hole back in. The road is starting to recede right now.
00:17
We've got barricaded off.
00:21
If you can, let's get free from there.
00:24
I need to shut down Jefferson Street near Harborview, McGee.
00:28
They're still coming in, and the water's only going up here.
00:33
All right, Jefferson and McGee. We'll head over that way in a few minutes.
00:38
Thank you.
00:45
Uniform.
00:51
Uniform.
00:54
Univore.
00:57
This may be a foolish question to ask.
00:59
Do you have any resources available? We have kind of a crisis down here on Jefferson Street. We really need to get this shutdown. We still have motors coming through here in Oregon.
01:12
Yeah, they're thin, but I'll see what we can do, Unifor.
01:16
I have a call tied up also for Jefferson and McGee, which I have 24 heading over that way. I copy that message.
01:22
Let me see if I can get PD over to that location.
01:26
Anymore down in this area, Jefferson is the key issue right now.
01:32
Officers to help us get traffic out of here.
01:36
Yeah, let me see what I can do, Unifor.
01:46
Thank you. All right, we're working with PD. We're going to get you some resources down there to help with the traffic and the cars that are stuck.
01:57
Yeah,
01:59
first priority would be Canal in Jefferson and get these cars out of here. We're attempting to do that right now with fire personnel. We're also using our personnel to get many cars.
02:09
If they have any cars in Japan, they'll be stuck here, but we could use them shutting off Harborview or McGee at Jefferson.
02:21
Okay, we're safe, let's see what we can do, Canal and Jefferson are priority right now.
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Location mentioned:
Canal St & Jefferson St, Stamford, CT 06902
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