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Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Most Of Region
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for much of the region.
It lasts until 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, and covers Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Greene, Columbia counties in New York, Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, Tolland, New London, and Middlesex counties in Connecticut, and all of Massachusetts except Cape Cod, and northeast Pennsylvania. (See image above.)
Torrential rainfall is likely during storm activity. Quarter-sized hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning are possible, along with power outages, the National …
Possible Tornado Touches Down In Hudson Valley
Crews from the National Weather Service are on their way to New York's Hudson Valley to assess damage from a storm that many say produced a tornado.
The storms ripped through Dutchess County just before 3 p.m., on Wednesday, April 21, leaving in its wake downed power lines, split and toppled trees, and many without electricity.
Brian Montgomery, a lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said specialized crews left Albany early Thursday, April 22, and are expected in the Hopewell Junction area around noon to view damage in order to determine if a tornado touched down and if so,…
Strong Winds Topple Tree Limbs, Cause Power Outages On Long Island
PSEG Long Island utility crews are working to repair power outages in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Hundreds on Long Island are without power as whipping winds with gusts up to 50 mph are toppling tree limbs and power lines.
According to PSEG Long Island, as of 11:45 a.m. on Monday, March 29, crews are working to repair 37 active outages that were affecting 157 of the company’s customers.
In Suffolk, 92 customers are without power, including 32 in Smithtown, followed by Babylon (27), Brookhaven (14), Islip (10), and Southold (nine). In Nassau, Hemsptead (46) was reporting the most outages, …
