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DEC Warns About Hazardous Hiking Conditions
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Hurricane Irene Clean-Up Begins, Despite FEMA Funding Concerns [VIDEO]
Hurricane Irene may end up being one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in U.S. history. Industry experts currently put the storm’s damage at $7 billion to $10 billion; however, much of that destruction may not be covered by insurance because it was caused by flooding and not winds. Flooding is often excluded from standard insurance policies.
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Hurricane Irene Aftermath — At Least 44 Dead and Millions Without Power [VIDEO]
Cleanup efforts have begun in communities that were devastated by Hurricane Irene over the weekend. Although trucks and supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are en route, access to some areas has been cut off by floodwaters that washed out or damaged roads and bridges.
“Irene was gonna land somewhere. We’re not Manhattan, our small streams quickly became big rivers,” Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin told The Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. “We’ve lost churches, homes and historic bridges. But we will rebuild.”
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Destito And Former Syracuse Mayor Join Irene Recovery Task Force
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Portion OF NYS Thurway Closed Due To Flooding
August 29, 2011
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Seward Offers Help To Hard Hit Areas In His District
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Bad Weather Forces Area Cancellations
Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Tropical Storm formally known as Hurricane Irene is bringing adverse weather to our region, forcing a few area closures.
In Cooperstown, NY, the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum will be closed all day Sunday and is expected to reopen Monday morning, barring any additional bad weather
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Hurricane Irene Marches North, Claiming Four Lives Thus Far [MAP, VIDEO]
Over a million people in North Carolina and Virginia are currently without power after Hurricane Irene came ashore on Saturday, and other states further north are bracing for impact on Sunday.
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