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Storm recovery

Tornado: Support Pours In For Business In Region Hit Hard With 'Enormous Damage' Tornado: Support Pours In For Business In Region Hit Hard With 'Enormous Damage'
Tornado: Support Pours In For Business In Region Hit Hard With 'Enormous Damage' Support is pouring in for the owners of a farm in the region that was severely damaged during a tornado over the weekend. The twister tore through an area in the Catskills, in northwestern Sullivan County, at around nightfall Saturday, April 22. The tornado, with peak winds of 115 miles per hour, ranked as an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, the National Weather Service said. Earlier report: Tornado: Detailed Info Released On Strong Twister With 115 MPH Winds That Hit Sullivan County It touched down at around 6:38 p.m. and had a path length of 9.95 miles and a path width…
New Fairfield Public Schools To Reopen On Wednesday New Fairfield Public Schools To Reopen On Wednesday
New Fairfield Public Schools To Reopen On Wednesday With crews continuing to work around the clock to clean up from last week’s storm that uprooted trees and downed utility lines, schools in New Fairfield are set to reopen on Wednesday after being forced to shutter its doors for five days. As of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, more than a week after the storm struck, 1,244 of Eversource’s 1,270,056 customers remained without power, including 410 in New Fairfield. Alicia Roy, the New Fairfield Superintendent of Schools said that due to classes being canceled for five days, schools will be forced to be open until the last week of June to meet th…
'Near Tragic' Incident Detailed By Police In Northern Fairfield County 'Near Tragic' Incident Detailed By Police In Northern Fairfield County
'Near Tragic' Incident Detailed By Police In Northern Fairfield County As Fairfield County continues recovery efforts following Tuesday storm, what authorities described as a “near-tragic” incident involving carbon monoxide poisoning occurred when a family ran a generator inside a Brookfield home. Four people were rushed to Danbury Hospital for treatment - one of whom had to be transferred to an out-of-state hospital for more advanced care - after running the generator in their garage. Police also said that they have also received multiple calls involving chainsaw accidents as people attempt to clear debris from their yards. “If wires are involved do not go n…
Dutchess Officials Issue Advisory To Residents Amid Storm Aftermath Dutchess Officials Issue Advisory To Residents Amid Storm Aftermath
Dutchess Officials Issue Advisory To Residents Amid Storm Aftermath Tens of thousands of Dutchess County residents remain without power late on Wednesday afternoon as crews continue recovery efforts in one of the regions hit hardest by Tuesday’s storm, which ripped trees from the ground, felled utility poles and downed power lines throughout the Hudson Valley. On Wednesday, Dutchess officials took an aerial tour of the wreckage in the southern part of the county, which was particularly impacted, prompting County Executive Marc Molinaro to caution residents that “there is a lot of work ahead.” As of 5:15 p.m., 50,000 residents were still without power, despit…
Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess
Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency for four Hudson Valley counties as the state begins to recover from Tuesday’s storm that saw winds and rain take down trees and utility lines throughout the area. At a press conference in Putnam Valley on Wednesday, Cuomo issued the state of emergency for Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Sullivan Counties, including the deployment of 125 members of the New York National Guard to assist local communities with recovery efforts. According to Cuomo, “thousands of state and local personnel are already working hand in hand with pre-deployed…
Be On Lookout For Scam That Targets Those Who Lost Power Be On Lookout For Scam That Targets Those Who Lost Power
Be On Lookout For Scam That Targets Those Who Lost Power As thousands in the Hudson Valley remain in the dark following the pair of storms that left trees, utility poles and power lines strewn about, the Putnam County Sheriff is reminding area residents to be wary of opportunistic fraudsters posing as NYSEG employees. On Friday afternoon, more than a week after the first Nor'easter struck, 1,443 of NYSEG’s 38,310 customers remained without power, as mutual aid crews continue working around the clock to clean up the downed trees and lines. In response, Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley, Jr. and District Attorney Robert Tendy issued an alert, wa…
A Week Later, NYSEG Customers Still In The Dark In East Dutchess A Week Later, NYSEG Customers Still In The Dark In East Dutchess
A Week Later, Nyseg Customers Still In The Dark In East Dutchess More than 11,000 NYSEG customers remain without power as crews continue cleaning up from a pair of winter storms that left trees and power lines strewn about the area. 
According to NYSEG, as of 9:45 a.m. on Friday, 11,157 of NYSEG’s 86,737 customers in Putnam as well as parts of Northern Westchester and Dutchess remain without power as municipal aid crews continue making the rounds in the region, de-powering power lines and clearing downed trees. In Westchester, there are 6,945 customers without power, while 3,551 customers in Putnam are without power, and an additional 661 in Dutchess are…
Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery
Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery Gov.. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, March 6 updated New Yorkers on the status of storm recovery operations in the Hudson Valley as a second winter storm is being forecasted to impact New York. Last week's storm caused extensive damage to electric utility infrastructure, including hundreds of broken utility poles and damage in remote, hard-to-reach locations. This has made the completion of restoration efforts extremely challenging, especially in the face of a second storm, however power outages have continued to steadily decrease. Cuomo of New Castle said utilities have restored more than 270,000…
Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess
Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Dutchess A state of emergency has been declared by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday in four Hudson Valley counties: Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Sullivan. Responders in the four counties continue to recover from the Nor'easter that affected the entire state the past several days.  Cuomo also announced the deployment of an additional 100 members of the New York National Guard to further assist communities with recovery efforts. Senior administration officials remain on site in each of the four counties as they help lead recovery efforts: Director of State Operations Cathy Calhoun has been deployed…
Two-Thirds Of Central Hudson Customers With Outages Have Power Back Two-Thirds Of Central Hudson Customers With Outages Have Power Back
Two-Thirds Of Central Hudson Customers With Outages Have Power Back Electric service has been restored to more than two-thirds of the 110,000 Central Hudson Gas & Electric customers impacted by Friday’s powerful Nor’easter that interrupted electricity to more than 2 million households from Maine to Virginia. As of 7 a.m. on Sunday, approximately 33,000 customers remained without electric service, and nearly 1,000 individual damage locations require repair. High wind gusts and heavy snow toppled trees, resulting in nearly 100 broken poles, approximately 1,000 downed powerlines and serious damage to nine transmission lines. The storm was one of the most s…