Above: Minor flash flooding sent water streaming across Franklin-Walton Road in Walton early Friday evening. Photo by Tina Burghart Kokoszka; used with permission.
With the Mohawk Valley reeling from severe flooding caused by recent rainstorms, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a disaster declaration for 15 upstate New York counties, including Delaware and Schoharie.
In Schoharie County, the town and village of Middleburgh have also declared a state of emergency.
Rainstorms pounded the region on Thursday and Friday, but the Catskills escaped major flooding, with only a few minor flash floods on local roads. Read more