But we are working towards putting the city back together, and our primary focus is cleaning up all the streets so they're passable. But the reality is the city of North Adams took on some heavy rain, we have some extensive damage, but no one got hurt. So, we're hopeful that we may get some assistance from MEMA, but it's still up in the air on that. We're very fortunate to have and a representative from Governor Healey's office on site with us yesterday. In the meantime, the team is still out there today, pumping out basements, cleaning up the roads, and then we're really accessing the damage. But we are trying to be as responsive, but there needs to be a long-term better fix, which we're working toward. But unfortunately, the way that we're getting these storms and the intensity of the rain, our plans to address that- We're not moving fast enough.
Specifically, the water flowing from Clarksburg down through our storm water system- It just was a lot of water coming through, and we recognize that there are areas within the community that we need to focus on an improvement plan for the storm water system. But throughout the whole city, we took on a lot of water and had excessive flooding and in areas that we normally don't. Brooklyn Street is still closed, and we hope to be able to do some temporary repairs on that and get that open today. We did have to temporarily close Church Street and a portion of State Street, which we were able to open last night. The team did a great job, and the team – including the highway department, the police department, of course, the fire department was out pumping out basements – but the team was trying to move as quickly as they can to make sure our residents were safe and our roadways were passable. We were specifically concerned about Church Street, State Street, and Brooklyn Street where we actually had road collapses. MACKSEY: So, on the ground, Josh, we had many of our roads, approximately 10 to 15 roads, washed out with debris coming from the mountainside, catch basins backfilling. Mayor Jennifer Macksey says cleanup efforts will continue through the day as roads are re-opened and debris is cleared. Municipal workers have been laboring for hours on recovery, and water levels remain dangerously high through the city’s flood control system.
The city was forced to declare a state of emergency as flooding impacted roads, homes, and other crucial pieces of infrastructure. North Adams, Massachusetts was one of the Western Massachusetts communities hardest hit by heavy rain in recent days.
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