Curran: Nassau 'Fared Pretty Well' From Tropical Storm Elsa

HICKSVILLE, NY — With Tropical Storm Elsa exiting Nassau County before noon Friday, County Executive Laura Curran gave this assessment: "We fared pretty well."

Curran said some locales saw up to 4 inches of rain overnight and gusts were as high as 40 miles per hour, but she thought the storm did not hit the county as dramatically as predicted.

That said, there were plenty of flooding conditions, including in Massapequa and Bayville. Overall, 17 county roads were filled with excess water, Curran said.

North shore communities were more impacted than those in the south shore, despite flood-prone areas in Freeport, Curran said.

With power outages below 6,000 as of noon, Curran praised the utility company for stepping up their response.

"I've got to imagine PSEG Long Island is breathing a sigh of relief," Curran said.

Police took more than 550 storm-related calls, including 38 for car crashes, as of 8:30 a.m.

With several thunderstorms ahead of Elsa's arrival, Curran said the ground was already saturated and "that's why it's really important that our DPW [Department of Public Works] and our municipal partners as well are out there looking at the catch basins, looking at the storm drains [and] making sure that they're clear."