Some property owners along the Mohawk River have sued the state Canal Corporation, claiming the agency failed to adequately prepare for the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. A lawsuit listing 57 property owners in the Schenectady County …
Amy and Bill Wetsel’s house near the Schoharie Creek is still empty and stripped down to wall studs. More than 19 months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, their family still pays rent on another house and still tries …
The state is on schedule to close most residents’ Tropical Storm Irene-related government aid cases by late summer, meaning they will have safe housing by the second anniversary of flooding that damaged more than 7,000 homes, according to a report …
Southeastern Vermont businesses still working to recover from Tropical Storm Irene may have some help coming. State officials have announced that the Vermont Community Development Program has decided to award the money to two regional development corporations in Springfield and …
A private fund-raising group set up to help Vermonters recover from Tropical Storm Irene has paid out more than $2 million to flood victims. There is another $2 million remaining in Vermont’s Long Term Disaster Relief Fund, but officials say …
A Vermont town is getting more money to help replace an iconic covered bridge famously destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. The Vermont League of Cities and Towns recently sent the town of Rockingham almost $200,000 to help replace …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will provide up to $640,000 for the construction of a new firehouse in the Adirondack Mountain town of Keene, where Tropical Storm Irene demolished the old firehouse a year ago. Town officials were informed …
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s blunt warning a year ago to “get the hell off the beach!” kicked off what became the costliest natural disaster in the state’s history, causing more than $1 billion in damages and killing 11 residents. …
More than 100 Vermont families are getting more than $1.5 million in assistance to help their ongoing recovery from Tropical Storm Irene. The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates there may be as many as 700 more cases of Irene survivors …
Vermont state engineers and scientists said that more than 300 river banks, bridges and other sites damaged by Tropical Storm Irene still need repairs – some to fix repairs done the wrong way after the storm. Officials from the state …