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New York's Hudson Valley

First Tornado Touchdown Confirmed After Separate Rounds Of Storms First Tornado Touchdown Confirmed After Separate Rounds Of Storms
First Tornado Touchdown Confirmed After Separate Rounds Of Storms Updated story: Confirmed Tornado Touched Down In Three NY Locations The first tornado touchdown has been confirmed following separate rounds of storms over the last few days in the region. The National Weather Service announced on late Sunday morning, Nov. 14 the twister happened in New York's Hudson Valley, in eastern Dutchess County, in the town of Washington, on the first day of the back-to-back storms, on Friday, Nov. 12 at 11:15 a.m. It rated EF-1 (the second-weakest of the six levels on the Enhanced Fujita Scale). It had a maximum sustained wind speed of 90 miles per h…
Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say
Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say A firefighter in Fairfield County who died from injuries he sustained while rock climbing in New York's Hudson Valley had nearly reached the 200-foot mark of his climb when he fell and was killed. Stephen M. Buda III, age 56, of New Haven, was killed around 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, while rock climbing at a popular spot of the Trapps Bridge section of the Mohonk Preserve, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. A firefighter with the Bridgeport Police Department since 2013, sheriff's deputies said it appears Buda had reached about 150 to 175 feet of the roughly 200-foot-section when he …
Pilot From NY Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace Pilot From NY Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace
Pilot From NY Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace A small aircraft was intercepted by a military fighter jet after it allegedly violated restricted airspace while President Joe Biden was at his Delaware home. The Grumman AA-5 Tiger was flown from New York's Hudson Valley, in Middletown in Orange County, to Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday, May 15.  The aircraft entered restricted airspace around 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, said a Secret Service spokesperson. “On May 16, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a small aircraft violated the restricted airspace in Wilmington, Delaware," the spokesperson said. "Per standard protocol, U.S. military aircra…