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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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Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange
Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange Hundreds in Rockland and Orange County remain without power nearly a week after Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc on the East Coast. As of 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, crews from Rockland & Orange Utilities was still responding to 417 reported outages, which were impacting 1,345 of their New York customers. In Orange County, 705 of the company’s 104,130 customers were still reporting outages, while 628 of their 117,244 Rockland County residents were still in the dark. During the storm, more than 200,000 Rockland & Orange customers lost power due to the high wind gusts and rain …

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by Zak Failla
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Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Four Counties Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Four Counties
Video: Cuomo Visits Area, Declares State Of Emergency For Four Counties 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…

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by Zak Failla
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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…

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by Jon Craig
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Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester
Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency For Westchester 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…

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