NYC air quality unhealthy as smoke blankets tri-state; mayor bans park grilling
Wildfires continue to burn around the tri-state as red flag warnings remain and drought conditions persist. The fires are ...
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It finally rained in NYC — but dry days are still ahead, forecast says
The area's highest rainfall totals since September weren't enough to reverse the recent lack of precipitation, according to ...
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After Prospect Park fire, air quality improves slightly in Brooklyn, but drought conditions persist
A little fall of rain on Sunday wasn't enough to end the drought in New York City, though conditions in Brooklyn have ...
Firefighter dead, NYC faces wildfire threats caused by historic drought
Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter from New Jersey, died Sunday in New York while helping battle a wildfire ...
Atmospheric river to bring heavy snow, rain to Northwest this week
A pair of back-to-back storms were forecast to dump heavy snow and rain over parts of the Pacific Northwest, northern California and the Rockies this week, triggering winter storm and flood warnings.
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Gongloff: New York City ‘freak drought’ won’t be the last
Maybe it never rains in Southern California, but for about a month this fall it also never rained in New York City, which this week asked citizens to conserve water. Or Philadelphia. Or Dallas. Or ...
'Climate change is real': New York parks employee killed as historic drought fuels blazes
MORRISTOWN, N.J. − A parks employee was killed battling blazes that stretched from New Jersey into New York over the weekend ...
Major storm brings flash flooding threat, heavy snow in central US
A large storm over the central U.S. is bringing a range of weather issues, from flooding rain and severe weather to heavy ...
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Much-needed rain helps wildfire suppression efforts, air quality across Northeast
Crews are continuing their tireless work to contain and extinguish several wildfires that ignited in the Northeast due to ...
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Long Island State Assembly Races See Two Upsets, Third Likely
Two New York State Assembly members in Nassau County were ousted Tuesday and a third in Suffolk County appears likely to be unseated amid turnover in a half dozen Long Island seats.