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Hurricane Irene Washes Away 141-Year-Old Vermont Bridge [VIDEO]
One of Hurricane Irene‘s unfortunate structural victims this weekend was the 141-year-old Bartonsville Covered Bridge in Bartonsville, Vermont.
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Photos From Monte’s Hometown of Philmont, NY.
Now that ol' Monte is back up with power and internet, I thought I'd share a few photos from my home town of Philmont, NY way down in Columbia County. While I was up here with you in the Capital Region, my mom took these photos before the town was under a voluntary evacuation yesterday due to Hurricane Irene.
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Hudson River Flooding in Troy NY [PHOTOS]
Like many area cities Troy has it’s hands full this morning with post Irene flooding. The Hudson River at Troy is flooding parts of downtown and still has yet to crest.
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Big Rich Checks Out the Damage from Tropical Storm Irene
After being in the house all night Saturday and then again most of the day, watching Steve Caporizzo doing marathon coverage of the storm, Kim, my daughter and I, started to feel a little stir crazy. So we decided to venture out when there was a break in the rain and see what if any damage was out there. So we took a walk around the area we live so see "what was what".
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Residents Near Schoharie County’s Gilboa Dam Told to Evacuate
With all the rain that was brought to the Capital region by Tropical Storm Irene, the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County could be in some serious danger due to flooding.
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BJ’s Tropical Storm Irene Coverage [VIDEO]
All the news stations seem to be sending someone out in the field to cover the breaking news of the hurricane. I decided to do my best on the scene reporter impression and take to the streets of Glenmont, NY to see exactly what was going on outside. I found rain,wind and a bunch of people whose main priority seems to be getting to Chilis.
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Tropical Storm Irene Effecting Traffic Around the Albany Area [UPDATE]
Hurricane Irene is causing some big time traffic problems around our area right now. Downed trees and flooding has several roads around our area closed.
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Tropical Storm Irene – The Latest Information
We are certainly seeing the impacts of Irene already today and there is more rain expected as the day continues. If you are concerned about power outages, National Grid has a site with an outage map. Local officials are suggesting you stay home to avoid the danger of downed trees, power lines, and flooding. Be safe! Email us your photos of damage – downed trees, flooding, etc. Many counties in our coverage area are under a Flash Flood Warning, a Flash Flood Watch, and the entire broadcast area is under a Tropical Storm Warning. Stay tuned to the radio and also download our app radioPup for your smartphone to keep up to date. Updated information after the jump.
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Hurricane Irene Lands In the Albany Area
It was the moment that we have all been waiting for and it's finally here. Hurricane made landfall late last night in New Jersey and now has showed her face right here in the Capital Region. Albany itself isn't showing too much damage yet, but the surrounding areas are being hit pretty hard.
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Irene Brings Back Memories Of The October 1987 Snow Storm
With all of the news about Hurricane Irene catching the East Coast a little off guard, some local stores have a hard time keeping supplies on their shelves while everyone does last minute preparation for the big storm. For ol' Monte, Irene brings back memories of another major storm from my youth.
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Hurricane Irene’s Timeline of Attack
Now that it's getting a little bit closer to hurricane Irene's visit to the Albany area, it's a little easier to see when things are going to happen and for how long. She has already made landfall in North Carolina and by the end of the day today she will be effecting New York City. Once she hits NYC she is on her way here, but how badly will we feel those effects? We will have to wait until tonight to find out.