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Long Island Businesses, Homes Damaged During Severe Weather Eligible For Recovery Loans: Hochul Long Island Businesses, Homes Damaged During Severe Weather Eligible For Recovery Loans: Hochul
Long Island Businesses, Homes Damaged During Severe Weather Eligible For Recovery Loans: Hochul Businesses and homeowners on Long Island may be eligible for low-interest recovery loans to repair damage from severe wind and rain earlier in the year. The loans will be available for Long Islanders starting on Friday, March 15, according to an announcement by Gov. Kathy Hochul. “New Yorkers and their businesses should not have to carry the burden of storm recovery alone, and these loans will go a long way in helping those impacted build back better and stronger,” she said. The announcement comes nearly two months after a multi-hazard weather event hit much of the state and Long Island…

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by Sophie Grieser
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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…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Now Without Power After Storm Sweeps Through Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Now Without Power After Storm Sweeps Through
Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Now Without Power After Storm Sweeps Through Heavy rain and strong winds with hazardous gusts caused significant damage in Nassau and Suffolk counties, leaving some 17,368 customers without power. The storm brought down large trees, branches, and wires, affecting more than 49,000 of  1.1 million customers, PSEG officials said. As of 4 a.m., Friday, Nov. 1, more than 55 percent of customers affected have been restored, leaving 17,368  without power, the company said. Crews have been working all night in dangerous conditions to assess the damage and make repairs, companies officials said. PSEG Long Island employees mobilize to res…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island
New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island Less than 6,000 Long Island residents remain without power following an intense storm that left thousands of customers without power. As of 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, PSEG Long Island is reporting 5,672 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without power.  Service has been restored to more than 90 percent of the customers affected by the storm.  The company said it expects the majority of remaining customers without power to be restored by midnight Tuesday. To help repair or replace the hundreds of downed lines, the compa…

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by Kathy Reakes