BAINBRIDGE – Wednesday’s late afternoon storm dumped approximately 3 1/2 inches of rain in less than an hour in the Bainbridge area.

According to Chenango County Emergency Management Officer Matthew Beckwith, the heavy rains triggered flash flooding which led to the temporary closure of two county road ways. A number of town roads and private driveways were also washed out.

The section of County Road 38 between Searless Hill Road and State Hwy 7 was closed for nearly four hours as a result of the flooding.

Beckwith said a resident reported seeing a “wall of water” come from behind the former Elmer’s Glue factory, where a box culvert had apparently become clogged with debris, causing a creek to divert itself and flood across the roadway. Two homes located across CR 38 from the facility were flooded as a result.