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2 dead, state of emergency declared after drenching storms move through Tri-State
The aftermath of Sunday night's drenching storms and severe flooding is still being felt across the Tri-State area on Monday.The flooding turned deadly in Connecticut where the storms dropped as much of 10 inches of rain. Crews recovered the bodies of two women who were swept away by floodwaters in Oxford.Weather officials say the flooding was unrelated to Hurricane Ernesto, which on Monday was over the open Atlantic Ocean but still expected to cause powerful swells, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast.The rain lasted into the morning hours in Suffolk County where a state of emergency...
Suffolk health department warns of ‘unusually high’ West Nile virus counts in mosquito samples
Suffolk County health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito bites following a high count of mosquito samples testing positive for the West Nile virus this season. Twenty-five mosquito samples collected across the county on Aug. 6, including two from Aquebogue, tested positive for the virus, according to...
Aerial spraying for mosquito larvae scheduled for Wednesday through Friday this week
The Suffolk County Vector Control Division will be spraying larvicide this week in an effort to control adult mosquito populations across the county, including at two marshes in the Town of Riverhead and one marsh in Flanders. Marshes at Indian Island and Crescent Duck Farm in the Town of Riverhead,...
Flash flood wrecks havoc on Suffolk County’s North Shore
Overnight torrential downpours led to widespread flooding across Long Island, particularly on the North Shore. Stony Brook’s Harbor Road collapsed due to the heavy rain, prompting evacuations in the affected area. “The entire pond at Avalon emptied across the now-collapsed roadway,” said Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico, who responded...
‘Really bad’: Severe storms are new normal, New York leaders say
STONY BROOK, Long Island (PIX11) — As Long Island residents and work crews spent Tuesday cleaning up after last weekend’s flood damage, officials said they now have to assume that major storm events like it will be more frequent. Suffolk County leaders laid out basic guidelines on Tuesday for making local infrastructure more resilient to […]
Photos, video show extensive flood damage in Conn., New York
NEW YORK - The Tri-State Area is reeling after historic flooding devastated parts of the region. Parts of Connecticut and Long Island were hit especially hard, with one official in Connecticut calling the rainfall a "1,000 year" event. Two women were killed when their vehicle was swept away on Route 67. Dozens of others had to be rescued across the state. Photos show some of the damage residents and workers there now have to clean up. Some residents in Danbury, Conn. were confronted with a washed-out roadway outside their apartment complex. In Seymour, Conn., photos show extensive damage to Metro-North Railroad tracks caused by...
Riverhead’s Polish Fair, which debuted in 1975, makes a comeback after four-year hiatus
Polish Town USA is the place to be this weekend for traditional Polish food, music, dance and time to celebrate all things Polish. The two-day Polish Fair and Festival kicked off yesterday and continues today offering street vendors and plenty of entertainment in Polish Town, a Riverhead neighborhood that developed as an enclave for Polish immigrants who arrived in the area in large numbers in the 1880s and earned a living working in local agriculture.
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