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NY weather: Rip current statement affecting part of New York until Monday night
A rip current statement was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 3:30 a.m. in effect until 9 p.m. for Brooklyn and Queens as well as Suffolk and Nassau counties. According to the weather service, "If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you...
Ernesto gains strength over open Atlantic. Unrelated downpours in Connecticut lead to rescues
Ernesto picked up strength as a hurricane early Monday as it headed farther out in the Atlantic toward easternmost Canada, but the storm is expected to stay offshore, causing powerful swells, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. In an unrelated storm, as much as 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of rain washed away roads, flooded basements and led to rescues in Connecticut, the National Weather Service said. ...
WEST ISLIP MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR THE BEATING DEATH OF AUNT’S DOG
(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Peter Minichello, 22, of West Islip, was sentenced to four months in jail followed by five years of probation and received a lifetime ban on owning animals after pleading guilty to beating his aunt’s five-year-old Chihuahua-mix dog named “Pup-Pup,” resulting in severe physical injuries that caused its death.
Four Additional Beaches Close to Bathing
Valley Grove Beach in Eatons Neck and Knollwood Beach, Fleets Cove Beach, and Huntington Beach Community Association Beach in Huntington are closed to bathing due to finding of bacteria at levels in excess of acceptable criteria. Venetian Shores Beach in Lindenhurst, Tanner Park Beach in Copiague, Corey Beach in Bayport,...
Four Beaches Close to Bathing
Venetian Shores Beach in Lindenhurst, Tanner Park Beach in Copiague, Corey Beach in Bayport and Amityville Beach in Amityville are closed to bathing due to findings of bacterial levels in excess of acceptable criteria. Tides Beach Property Owners Association Beach and Broadway Beach, both in Rocky Point and Benjamin Beach...
Drivers left stranded as flooding on roads swallows cars
Powerful storms unleashed flash floods across much of Tri-State Sunday night, shutting down vital roads, stranding drivers and snarling train service in parts of the region.In Connecticut, one person was found dead after being swept away by floodwaters near Little River in Oxford and another was still missing Monday.Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pellitier said one person was in a car and the other was clinging to a sign when a rapid stream of water swept them away.Firefighters rescued more than a dozen people from a flooded restaurant in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, about 5 miles east of Oxford, on Sunday.Floodwaters trapped...
New Update: ID Released For Passenger Killed After DWI Long Island Crash
The suspect was driving a 1987 Ford Mustang in North Babylon on Bay Shore Road, near Duke Street, when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a pole at around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, according to Suffolk County Police. A male passenger, now identified as John McHale, age...
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