Torrential downpours on Tuesday night left fields and intersections in Lyndonville inundated with water.

Lyndonville is no stranger to occasional flooding in the spring months from snowmelt but village staffers say flooding at this time of year is rare.

It created headaches for crews preparing to pave roads on Wednesday. They spent all day Tuesday prepping the roads only to have their work wash away.

"So this morning we had to do touch up work on that, so overnight it was kind of frustrating to think about what we might see today as far as having all those guys put in those hours yesterday and do it today," said Justin Smith, the Lyndonville municipal administrator.

Even though the floodwaters are starting to recede, officials reminded people never to drive or walk through flooded roadways. It takes six inches of running water to sweep someone off their feet while a foot or more of running water can sweep away a passenger car.

Lyndonville officials anticipate the waters will recede in the next couple of days.