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WATCH: Babylon Residents Float Down Street After Morning Flooding

One family made the most of Thursday's heavy rains which made some streets impassable.

Gregory Silverman makes the best of the morning's floodwaters in Babylon Thursday.
Gregory Silverman makes the best of the morning's floodwaters in Babylon Thursday. (Toni Marie Silverman)

BABYLON, NY — Thursday's flooding led to submerged streets across Long Island, and Babylon was no exception. Streets near the Great South Bay that typically flood in storms saw 18 to 24 inches of flood water this morning around 7 to 8 a.m., residents estimated.

Toni Marie Silverman said she is glad her family happened to be up early.

"[The constant flooding] is getting tired. If I didn't wake up early we would have lost all our cars. And there is now way an ambulance or fire truck could get by," she said.

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Trying to make the best of it, she filmed her song Gregory floating down the street on a float.


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In Long Beach, flooding caused the first day of the school year to be postponed after the heavy rains made some roads impassable.

Flash food warnings issued early Thursday expired by early afternoon.

How did your neighborhood fare in Thursday's flooding? Is flooding an ongoing issue where you live? Tell us in the comments.

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