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WIBX spoke to Shaun Brennan of New Hartford who was among those who had to be rescued by the Utica Police and Fire crews as his vehicle became nearly submerged by water as he traveled through Utica on the arterial.

The heavy rain is making parts of central New York look more like a river than a street. Parts of the Route 12 Arterial in Utica suffered massive flooding.

Elected leaders from the upstate region have returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., where they met with federal officials to discuss the flooding along Lake Ontario's New York shoreline.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is returning to the Rochester area to visit areas along the Lake Ontario shoreline impacted by recent flooding.

More flooding is expected along the western half of Lake Ontario's New York shoreline where higher-than-normal water levels and pounding waves have already caused extensive damage to hundreds of properties.

New York is providing up to $5 million in grants for small businesses to recover from flooding near Lake Ontario.

The state is making $10 million in funding available to New York municipalities dealing with flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

Officials say Lake Ontario's high water level could be causing millions of dollars in damages at a state-run port in central New York.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to monitor the rising water levels plaguing the shores of Lake Ontario.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has four-person field teams ready to respond to the high water levels along the shores of Lake Ontario.