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Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed For Having Fires Amid Burn Ban In Hudson Valley: Police
Two 46-year-old men received summonses after having fires on their properties in the region amid a statewide burn ban, authorities said. Both incidents happened in Putnam County on Sunday, Nov. 17, and were in violation of Gov. Kathy Hochul's ban on burning for brush and debris disposal, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The first occurred just after 5 p.m., when a sheriff's deputy encountered a possible brush fire on Nichols Road in Southeast. A closer inspection revealed it to be burning construction material in a residence's backyard, the Sheriff's O…
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18-Year-Old NY State Parks Worker Killed Battling Wildfire In Hudson Valley
A teenage New York State Parks and Recreation worker died battling one of the latest in a rash of wildfires in the region. Click here for a new, updated story - 18-Year-Old Killed In Wildfire At Sterling Forest Remembered As HS Baseball Standout The blaze broke out in Orange County at Sterling Forest State Park in Tuxedo on Saturday, Nov. 9, and spread into parts of neighboring New Jersey. He's been identified as 18-year-old Dariel Vasquez, police said. Vasquez suffered fatal injuries after a tree fell, according to the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Pr…
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Super Soaker: Slow-Moving Storm System Brings Drenching Downpours, Flooding To Region
Labor Day marked the unofficial end of summer. It also led to the much-awaited easing of severe drought conditions in much of the region as drenching downpours moved through the region during the afternoon, evening, and overnight hours. And it's not over yet, with plenty more rainfall falling on Tuesday, Sept. 6 as a slow-moving storm system barrels through from the west to the east. Downpours are expected at times through the early evening, before tapering off to showers after nightfall. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected across much of the area, with locally higher…
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Here's Time Frame For Separate Rounds Of Storms Headed To Region
A widespread system will bring separate rounds of storms to much of the region. The time frame for storm activity on Monday, Aug. 22 is from the early morning hours through the evening, with up to 1 to 2 inches of much-needed rainfall possible, before another round of storms is expected on Tuesday, Aug.23. "The steadiest rain is likely to follow the track of the storm across interior portions of the Northeast and into northern New England," AccuWeather Meteorologist Nicole LoBiondo said. Areas where the strongest storms and steadiest rainfall are expected on Monday are shaded in dark …
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These US States Most At Risk For Blackouts This Summer, New Report Says
As temperatures climb, attention is turning toward the nation’s power grids and whether they can handle the added demand this summer. Though the Northeast should fare well, much of the US is facing an elevated risk of power blackouts between June and September, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The risk assessment found that the entire western half of the US is in the “elevated” risk category, meaning the potential for insufficient operating reserves in above-normal conditions. Regulators said a number of factors could disrupt the power…
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