Sentences with phrase «storm irene»

During Tropical Storm Irene, the Winooski River overflowed and devastated parts of the town.

The after effects are being felt by business owners and home owners in New Jersey after the tropical storm Irene had struck them.

Fourteen months ago, most of us in Vermont thought that Tropical Storm Irene would be talked about for years, but that storm has now been pushed out of our collective memory as we sit glued to our TVs (those of us with power) aghast at the devastation in New Jersey and New York.

Hurricane Sandy caused more than $ 60 billion in damages and Tropical Storm Irene and Winter Storm Nemo had devastating economic impacts here in Massachusetts.

5: Transportation, «Tropical Storm Irene Devastates Vermont Transportation in August 2011»).17 Affected residents suffered from increased allergen exposure due to mold growth in flooded homes and other structures and were exposed to potentially harmful chemicals and pathogens in their drinking water.

A network of Vermont funders, non-profits and building professionals are seeing the need to replace a mobile home housing stock that was disproportionately damaged in 2011 by tropical storm Irene as an opportunity to increase energy efficiency and access to affordable housing.

If homeowners affected by Hurricane Irene or its less powerful incarnation, Tropical Storm Irene, experienced wind and flood damage, they could be in for a rude awakening when they file insurance... more

And in Vermont, Tropical Storm Irene turned sections of Route 107 into gaping holes.

Large sections in the eastern half of upstate New York got hit by devastating floods caused by Tropical Storm Irene in late August and Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month.

The report fails to address how to deal with fracking in flood plains — an issue made all the more poignant by tropical storm Irene.

The building was flooded and damaged during Tropical Storm Irene.

Windham also acquired and restored a nearby golf course that had been heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene five years ago.

Some customers were without power for a week after Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011 and a surprise October snowstorm.

He noted how everyone had pulled together to face the onslaught of Tropical Storm Irene two years ago, and worked on local recovery efforts together, as well.

It has been over 40 months since tropical storm Irene flooded the Schoharie County Public Safety Building and the jail; both are still in need of repair.

The facility was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.

A car sits half - buried after massive flooding swept through downtown Windham, N.Y. from Tropical Storm Irene.

The need for accountability was brought home in December with the allegation that at least two dozen state employees had fraudulently obtained emergency food assistance earmarked for lower - income people who suffered losses in Tropical Storm Irene.

The governor added that this year's hurricane was the opposite of what happened last year when Tropical Storm Irene slammed into the upstate region, flooding parts of Catskills and Schoharie.

«I made the mistake after Storm Irene of criticizing the weather forecaster.

One year ago today, Tropical Storm Irene moved into the northeast leaving flooding and destruction on a scale rarely seen in the region.

Across Vermont, many communities that were hit by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene are working to get their athletic fields back in shape.

HARTFORD - After an intense storm of complaints when Tropical Storm Irene plunged more than half the state into darkness, the Senate Democrats called Tuesday for better tree trimming and improved communication between utilities and town leaders.The...

The damage from Tropical Storm Irene and the subsequent flooding has affected more than 100,000 acres of farmland in the state.

The reaction to the response by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration to Tropical Storm Irene has been more or less universally praised.

Members of 57 flood - ravaged households are suing the state Canal Corp., alleging that negligence by the agency cost them a combined $ 4.6 million in devastation from Tropical Storm Irene.

But Cuomo also noted that Tropical Storm Irene severely impacted upstate even if it was initially believed to be targeting New York City.

Speaking after he unveiled the Sept. 11 memorial flag at the State Museum near the Capitol, the governor indicated that there was no firm figure for how much Tropical Storm Irene will cost the state.

Financial Services Commissioner Ben Lawsky today pushed insurance companies to honor policies that cover flood damage in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate will travel to New York and New Jersey tomorrow to survey ongoing response and recovery efforts in the wake of tropical storm Irene.

Cuomo, who traveled with his three daughters that day, was supposed to go to a fundraiser in Skaneateles after the fair, but called that off to return to Albany to prepare for Hurricane - turned - Tropical Storm Irene.

Prosecutors sent the wrong message in deciding not to file criminal charges against nearly 200 state employees who appear to have fraudulently claimed emergency food stamp benefits after Tropical Storm Irene hit Connecticut in 2011.

Prosecutors have decided not to file charges in an emergency food stamp fraud case involving nearly 200 state employees who claimed federal benefits in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

More than two and a half years after Tropical Storm Irene raged through the region, homes that were made unliveable are finally being demolished.

Schoharie County in New York took perhaps the hardest hit from Tropical Storm Irene compared to any other upstate county.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Adirondack village of Ausable Forks this morning to announce a funding initiative for Tropical Storm Irene recovery and to present a check to rebuild a firehouse destroyed in that storm.

Newfane officials are planning to meet with representatives of Vermont Emergency Management and the Agency of Natural Resources to get advice before issuing contracts to replace two bridges that were destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.

Three Vermont towns will get a total of $ 1.8 million from a federal grant to help replace municipal buildings made unusable by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.

Vermont officials are hoping a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover the cost of replacing a culvert in Townshend destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene means more towns will be eligible for such funding.

Vermont's congressional delegation says the state is going to get another $ 18.25 million to continue repairing roads damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene and spring flooding in 2011.

At one point after Tropical Storm Irene moved through upstate New York one year ago, national grid reported 156,000 customers without power.

One year after Tropical Storm Irene, repair crews remain busy in Greene County New York, where the reconstruction is expected to cost as much as $ 15 million on roads, bridges and culverts.

The Vermont town of Moretown, hard hit by Tropical Storm Irene's flooding two years ago, has won a $ 700,000 federal grant toward construction of a new town office building.

Ever since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Vermont has been pushing to make sure bridges and culverts are rebuilt to more flood - resistant standards.

It's been one year since Tropical Storm Irene came up the coast and into the northeast, leaving behind damage that most people and most communities had never witnessed before.

And second, if the town leadership really wanted some extra money, why did Supervisor Leifeld NOT declare a state of emergency in this town when Tropical Storm Irene devastated our area?

And because LIPA hires outside crews to assist in emergencies, such as last summer's Tropical Storm Irene, there are «questionable charges» for such services.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Last month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg had a 54 percent approval rating, in part for his handling of Tropical Storm Irene.

«The job - approval bounce Mayor Michael Bloomberg got from his handling of Tropical Storm Irene has faded.

The latest draft report from the Department of Environmental Conservation was released yesterday — a week late as the agency itself was responding to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.