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Cuomo Announces Grants for Hurricane Relief
The town of Margaretville, New York, is one of 13 communities receiving grants for damage during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. (Monika Graff/Getty Images) Communities affected by Hurricane...
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NEW YORK—Counties around the state will receive government help for a $1.6 billion recovery cost from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, including emergency shelter, water systems, and road...
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MTA Makes Hurricane Irene Insurance Claims
A MTA worker lockes up a gate at Union Square station as the city's entire mass transit system beginning at noon shut down August 27, 2011 to prepare for Hurricane Irene. It is the first time mass...
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New York Rains 400% More Frequent After 2050, Report Says
NEW YORK—The Northeast, including New York City, has seen an increase of 71 percent in the amount of rain experienced in the heaviest 1 percent of rain events over the last 50 years, according to a...
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With Storm Predictions Hit-and-Miss, Will New Yorkers Heed Future Warnings?
During a snowstorm last February that brought more than a foot of snow to New York City, the new mayor was strongly criticized for keeping schools open and failing to plow streets in Manhattan’s Upper...
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New York, New Jersey Prepare for Sandy, Hope for Irene
The way Mother Nature works, you can never be too sure if a storm will actually hit or how hard it will hit, the governors of New York and New Jersey warned on Thursday morning as they both alerted...
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