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Ida Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Hudson Valley Ida Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Hudson Valley
Ida Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Hudson Valley Thousands in the Hudson Valley were left in the dark overnight as Tropical Depression Ida rocked the region, felling trees and downing power lines with whipping winds and flooding rains. As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2, tens of thousands of Hudson Valley residents were still reporting power outages following the wreckage caused by Ida, which provided flooding rain and winds topping 50 mph to some parts of the region. Con Edison was reporting 16,520 of its 360,045 Westchester customers were still without power, with more than a thousand in the Village of Mamaroneck (4,886), Town of Mamaro…
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm The following school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Tuesday, Dec. 3 due to the storm.Reload page for new updates. Westchester County Bedford Central School District, two-hour delay Briarcliff School District, two-hour delay Chappaqua Central School District, two-hour delay Greenburgh North Castle School District, two-hour delay Hendrick Hudson School District, two-hour delay John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, two-hour delay Katonah-Lewisboro School District, two-hour delay Lakeland Central School District, two-hour delay Mount Pleasant Central S…
Tracking Dorian: New Projected Path For Cat 4 Hurricane; Possible Impact On This Area Unclear Tracking Dorian: New Projected Path For Cat 4 Hurricane; Possible Impact On This Area Unclear
Tracking Dorian: New Projected Path For Cat 4 Hurricane; Possible Impact On This Area Unclear Hurricane Dorian has reached Category 4 status as it slowly heads west packing 145 mile-per-hour winds. The latest projected path shows Florida may be spared a direct hit. In a report released at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31,  the National Hurricane Center said it now expects Dorian will take a sharp right turn around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, so the center of the storm doesn’t make Florida landfall. The consensus path from several models also now has the storm headed for landfall near the South Carolina and Georgia border. A gradual north/northeast trek is then expected with heavy a…
New Poughkeepsie Sewage Discharge Could Affect Public Areas New Poughkeepsie Sewage Discharge Could Affect Public Areas
New Poughkeepsie Sewage Discharge Could Affect Public Areas The latest batch of storms to hit the Hudson Valley have led to raw sewage being discharged into the Hudson River in Dutchess County. The Poughkeepsie Water Control Plant issued its latest alert over the weekend, when nearly a million gallons of untreated waste was spilled into the Hudson River near Rinaldi Boulevard. The intermittent discharges were first reported at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Officials cited wet weather, and the strong storm front that produced heavy rain in the area overnight, stating that it may "potentially impact public areas." In total, an…
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Monday Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Monday
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Monday Eye Of The Storm: Timing, Latest Snowfall Projections The following area school districts and schools have announced they will have delayed openings on Monday, April 2 as a result of the quick-moving storm. Check back for updates and refresh this page. Westchester Byram Hills Central School District, two-hour delay Croton Harmon School District, two-hour delay Hackley School, two-hour delay Harrison Central School District, two-hour delay Harvey School, two-hour delay Katonah-Lewisboro School District, three-hour delay Masters School, two-hour delay Ossining Union Free School Distr…
Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess
Thousands Still Without Power In Dutchess Electric service was restored to more than half of the nearly 110,000 customers impacted by the storm, though strong winds continue to impact the region, according to Central Hudson. As of 7 a.m. Saturday, approximately 53,000 customers remained without electric service in nearly 1,200 individual damage locations, following a damaging Nor’easter that brought soaking rains, sustained winds, powerful wind gusts and nearly two feet of heavy, wet snow to some northern areas. Remaining power outages in the most heavily impacted areas are 24,000 in Dutchess County, 19,000 in Greene County and 10,…