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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 4:21 pm
7pm update: Add Schoharie, Ulster, and Greene Counties to Friday's forecast. Also, add "localized amounts of up to 6 inches" of rain, and some snow at high altitudes. This is starting to look a little grim.
There's another flood watch on for much of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 10:43 pm
If there's a contest for which village got the worst of it in the October 1st floods, Catskill is probably winning. Sure, Phoenicia had some road damage, and their Main Street smelled like fuel oil for a couple of days. And we heard there were fish on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 11:29 am
If so, be sure to fill out a FEMA damage-assessment form and give it to your town code enforcement officer. The Woodland Valley View points out the importance of documenting just how much damage was done in the October 1st floods:
If you own a business or... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 - 2:46 pm
We were hoping yesterday's widespread flooding didn't claim any lives, but it seems that's not the case.
A body of a woman was found around noon today in the Neversink reservoir, said Zone Sergeant James Rafferty out of the State Police barracks in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 - 9:46 am
According to a press release issued by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office at 6:30 this morning, the state of emergency has been lifted in all towns in the county, and the roads are open. But they do caution:
Some roads remain affected within the county... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:22 pm
We're covering today's flooding across the Catskills with lists of closings, photos, and your reports as fast as we can type them. Help us out: Email us photos or information about road closures and flooding, or post your info in the comments section... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 9:10 pm
Beth Adams of Hobart caught an entire field of pumpkins making a break for it in Davenport this morning. (Just in time. The Halloween hordes are about to descend, carving knives in hand.)
Go free, pumpkins!
As of 4pm, Davenport was still under a state of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 5:16 pm
This properly belongs in our Shandaken flooding roundup, but it's so awesome we gave it its own post. Our hats are off, to you, O pseudonymous videographer goCatskills, for this epic footage of flooding all around Phoenicia. Set to Beethoven's Fifth, no... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 4:26 pm
10/2, 10am update: The state of emergency was lifted in all towns, as of 6:30 this morning.
10/1, 10:30pm update: The Delaware county Sheriff's Office announced tonight that Delhi, Hamden, Walton and Davenport remain under a state of emergency, and all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 3:45 pm
A 62-year-old who decided to drive on washed-out Cauterskill Rd. in the town of Catskill was rescued by the Greene County Sheriff's Office this morning, according to the Daily Freeman:
Deputies said Natale Scaramuzzino of Leeds was hanging onto his... Read more
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