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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 2:18 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Ulster, southern Columbia and northern Dutchess counties until 3pm.
From NY-Alert:
At 203 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Severe... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012 - 12:12 pm
Image by Flickr user molamoni. Published under Creative Commons license.
A swath of eastern New York, including Greene and Ulster counties, is under an excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service until 8pm tonight.
Temperatures in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Via NY-Alert: There is a tornado watch on across northeastern New York and the Capital Region, including Greene and Schoharie counties, until 9pm.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Central New York that includes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 3:06 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, near the border between Delaware and Sullivan County, until this evening.
Data from the stream gauge at the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls show that the river is already... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 22, 2012 - 10:31 pm
Heavy rains forecast across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow morning mean a flood watch for the eastern Catskills, as well as western New England.
An alert from the National Weather Service warns that Greene, Ulster and Schoharie County could... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012 - 10:25 am
Above: WNYT's report on the fire at the Red Barn Restaurant in Summit on Monday.
Today's forecast for the Catskills region is looking pretty soggy -- but earlier this week, dry weather and high winds were a recipe for increased risk of fires.
Several... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 9:45 am
Above: Carl Chipman, supervisor of the town of Rochester, and Art Snyder, the director of Ulster County Emergency Management, displaying a map of Rochester Chipman used during Irene to coordinate emergency response at the disaster officials workship this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 10:27 am
Above: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome Hauer speaking at a New York State Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Photo posted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Flickr account.
There's a new sheriff in town: Jerome Hauer... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 - 7:04 pm
Photo of a Shandaken ambulance, from the Shandaken Ambulance Service's Facebook page.
Like much of the rural Catskills, the town of Shandaken is a virtual black hole for cell phone coverage. Despite years of efforts by the town and its citizens to lure... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The National Weather Service has announced snow and winter weather advisories across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow.
Ulster County: Winter Weather Advisory from 1am through 3pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.
Delaware County: Winter Weather... Read more
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