CHENANGO COUNTY – Late afternoon thunderstorms Monday have exacerbated damage caused by flash flooding Sunday, particularly in the Towns of Oxford and Greene, according to the county’s emergency management office.

“Clearly there is well over $150,000 worth of damage at this point,” reported Emergency Management Officer A. Wesley Jones, an estimate he said he expects to climb even higher as further assessments are made.

Although all three of the county roads closed because of washouts and debris yesterday morning have been reopened to traffic, Jones said each will still require work.

County Road 3/Tyner Road, which was closed between Painter Hill Road and State Hwy 12 early yesterday, still has a “significant amount of damage,” he explained, which will require subsequent periodic closures. Highway crews are currently waiting for permits to address sub-surface issues.

While debris was cleared Monday to re-open County Road 32/East River Road between Brisben and South Oxford, additional problems have developed with shoulder washouts in other areas along the road, including near its intersection with Hogsback Road in the Town of Greene. County Road 27, which has also been reopened, has additional issues which will need to be addressed as well, he said.