Steuben County points journey advisory amid floods

Bath, N.Y. — The Steuben County Office of Emergency Services is advising residents to keep away from unessential journey in a number of cities because the area is battered by heavy rains and flash floods.

Prattsburgh has issued the same journey advisory and declared a state of emergency.

Affected cities embrace Dansville, Fremont, Cohocton, Avoca, Wheeler, Prattsburgh, Urbana, Pulteney, Wayne and Wayland.

The county urges drivers to not drive round barricades or by way of standing water.

The following roads are closed:

• County Route 121 from I-390 to Loon Lake (Cohocton)
• County Route 50 between Ward Rd. and Lander Rd. (Wayland)
• East Lake Road at Reynolds Rd. (Wayland)
• County Route 122 between Porter St. and Fairgrounds Rd. (Prattsburgh)
• County Route 7 between West Creek Rd. and Wraight Rd. (Prattsburgh)
• County Route 9 (Wallace to Ingleside)
• Pressler Rd. (Prattsburgh)
• Cook School Rd. between Mattoon Rd. and County Route 7 (Prattsburgh)

The county additionally urges fishers to keep away from areas with quick currents or elevated water ranges, to be careful for unstable banks and particles in waterways and to put on flotation gadgets within the water.

Visit 511NY for additional info.