Officials and residents in Suffolk County are assessing and recovering from flood damage caused by weekend torrential downpours.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 2:53PMBusinesses and residents in Commack, Long Island , are still reeling days after storms left the town's roadways flooded and mangled.Several businesses at a strip mall on the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway remain closed on Tuesday.Now the owner is trying to get back up and running.
"To be honest it's very a unique type of situation, I'm not really sure exactly what are the next steps, the next steps for them to clean up, disregard everything in the store, still trying to figure out what was the issue, what happened, why," owner Corey Messina said. "To me it looks like it's a bigger issue than flooding. Looks like something happened for a different reason. I don't know all the answers at the moment, we're trying to figure it out.
Just outside, cleanup crews have been pumping out gallons among gallons of standing water left behind in a parking lot.RELATED: Chanteé Lans rides along with Suffolk County police as they crack down on drunk and impaired driving.
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