ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – A major disaster declaration has been issued for seven counties that sustained serious damage during severe storms and flash flooding in August.
Florence Gains Strength As A Category 4 Hurricane, Aiming At U.S. East Coast
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The storm gained winds of 140 mph — a day earlier than predicted, and it is expected to intensify as it crosses over water. Forecasters predict Florence will hit the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday.
Energy
Natural Gas Pipeline Blast In Pennsylvania Prompts Evacuation
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Beaver County resident Chuck Belczyk, who lives across the street from where a natural gas pipeline exploded Monday morning, shot this video of the resulting fire.
A Few Weeks Ago, Finger Lakes Farmers Were Grateful For Rain, Then The Floods Hit
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Fellow farmers helped Erik Landowne at Blue Heron Farm quickly harvest an onion crop before it could begin to rot.
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Those Wispy Clouds Might Really Be Smoke From Canadian Wildfires
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Even when the skies have been relatively clear in recent days, you may have still seen what looked like some of those wispy, cirrus clouds in New York. But what you may have actually been seeing is smoke from wildfires in Canada.
Broome County NY
Kirkwood Motel’s “Tight-Knit” Community Displaced And Dispersed By Flash Floods
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People are still displaced following recent flash floods in New York and Pennsylvania. The Red Cross of the Southern Tier said they sheltered nearly 140 people in several affected counties. The Red Cross is distributing recovery materials and food at Five Mile Point fire station in Kirkwood this weekend.
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Red Cross Offers Flood Relief Services In Broome County Through Monday
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Volunteers from the American Red Cross will offer free flood relief services and supplies at the Five Mile Point Fire Department in Kirkwood on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10AM to 3PM.
agriculture
Ahead Of Climate Change Projections, PA Farmers Adapt To New Weather Patterns
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Last month, Pennsylvania saw the most recorded rainfall in a July. For many farmers in the state, the intense precipitation is part of a pattern of weather changes to which they hope to adapt.
Floods
Flood Recovery Underway In Finger Lakes, Southern Tier; More Rain Expected
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Stacy Mulford grabbed two bins of supplies the Lodi Fire Department was distributing for people affected by the flood. She wasn’t home when the flood hit Tuesday, but her daughter was until folks came by banging on the door. “Get out! Get out, now!”
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NWS In Binghamton Forecasts Flood Conditions Will Not Worsen
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VESTAL, NY (WSKG)— Recent heavy rains have led to flash flooding in parts of the Southern Tier and Northern Pennsylvania including in Seneca and Bradford counties.
Flooding
Small Reservoir In Hancock Appears Safe From Breach For Now
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Things appear to be calming down at a small reservoir in Hancock after a State of Emergency was declared on Monday.