NY women Pamela Nugent killed in flood as she tried to save her dog from ‘tidal wave’

Officials have confirmed the identity of the victim killed in the Hudson Valley on Sunday night during extreme flash floods — revealing she was trying to save her dog as her fiancé helplessly watched her get “swept away.”

The body of Pamela Nugent, 43, of Fort Montgomery, was recovered by rescuers at the bottom of a ravine near her home Monday following the life-threatening floods that wreaked havoc on the region, according to ABC7.

“Her house was taking too much water, she was with her dog and her fiancé literally saw her swept away,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a news conference Monday.

The extreme rainfall caused flash flooding to dislodge boulders that rammed into the woman’s home, damaging one of the structure’s walls, Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus told The Associated Press.

“She was trying to get through (the flooding) with her dog,” Neuhaus said, “and she was overwhelmed by tidal wave-type waves.”

Nugent’s fiancé and her father, who lived a few houses down from the couple, were able to make it to safety in the chaos, a longtime neighbor and friend of Nugent, Jessica Eshleman, told ABC7.

“I’m still kind of in shock. I lost everything,” Eshleman said, revealing that her fiancé and father tried to get Nugent to safety.

“They made it across, and I guess she freaked out and panicked, she tried to make it across with the dog, it just happened too suddenly.”

There was no immediate information on Nugent’s dog.

Intense floods in Orange County, NY, “almost immediately” caused chaos in areas including Fort Montgomery on Sunday, resident William Murphy, 56, told The Post.

“The water just washed right through. It was tremendous. It brought down boulders, rocks. It washed out dirt and trees, all onto the roads,” Murphy said.

Hochul visited Highland Falls — one town over from Fort Montgomery — on Monday, following Sunday night’s destruction.

“The first step is assessment. Assess the damage, access the monetary value of the damage so we can put a request for FEMA assistance to help the communities have the resources they need to rebuild,” the governor said.

The governor is expected to request a federal disaster declaration to bring needed resources to this region.

Leaders in Highland Falls have activated a shelter for those flooded out of their homes.

Millions across the Northeast remain in complete disarray from the storm, which caused the catastrophic flooding.

President Biden has declared a state of emergency in Vermont as the state readies to be pelted with an additional six inches of rainfall by Tuesday morning, with areas already completely submerged due to the flooding.

“Almost three dozen state roads are closed due to high water, and additional closures are possible as rivers and streams continue to rise. This figure does not include town roads,” an alert sent out by the Vermont State Police said on Monday.

Rescue crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut have been helping to get to towns that have been unreachable due to the flooding, Mike Cannon of Vermont Urban Search and Rescue told The Associated Press.

Two dams in Jamaica and Townshend are expected to release water overnight, causing “severe flooding” downstream likely to affect multiple towns in Vermont, The U.S Army Corps of Engineers told the outlet late Monday.

Nineteen people have been rescued by boat in Vermont since the flooding began.

“We have not seen rainfall like this since Irene and in some cases it will surpass that,” Vermont Governor Phil Scott warned residents at a press conference.