disasters

The American Red Cross of Western New York wants help to ensure no one faces a disaster alone by donating on Red Cross Giving Day, which is next Wedne...

Following a shift in the weather that saw the mid-60s over the weekend plunge to a high barely above freezing Monday — as well as usher in a powerful ...

MASSENA (AP) — Six family members have been killed in a house fire in upstate New York. The fast-moving fire happened around 10 p.m. Monday at a singl...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., announced a $14.62 million allocation of federal disaster recovery funding from the Department of Housing and Urban D...

OLEAN — The Olean Fire Department reported Monday that no residents injured following a structure fire in a residence on South 16th Street. City firef...

FRIENDSHIP — Relief efforts are underway to help those displaced in an apartment building fire on Thursday. Allegany County Board of Legislators Chair...

Emergency management agencies in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties each received thousands of dollarsto support planning and operational readiness for...

While the Southern Tier region that includes Cattaraugus and Allegany counties received welcome precipitation the past few days, a statewide burn ban ...

While the circumstances were depressing, we were anxious to help — a few hundred American Red Cross volunteers descending on Baton Rouge/New Orleans, ...

ALLEGANY — The St. Elizabeth Motherhouse will be joining a convoy of volunteers to collect and take supplies to the North Carolina area to help those ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul extended the application deadline another month for homeowners to apply for emergency repair grants for July and August extreme weat...

Average gasoline prices in New York fell nearly 5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.20/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,118...

Except for the small chance that remnants of Hurricane Helene may touch the area, the first week of October should be mainly dry and slightly warmer t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 17 soldiers from the Army National Guard, three heavy lift helicopters and four 100 KW generators have been sent to s...

Monday marks the anniversary of the single greatest disaster in the history of this area of the Twin Tiers — the failure of a concrete dam and subsequ...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and other Southern Tier lawmakers are urging the governor to strengthen the state-level response in the wake of natural disa...

New York state’s major disaster declaration was approved by the Biden administration for extreme weather on Aug. 8-10 brought by Tropical Storm Debby ...

Following Saturday’s storms and Monday’s rainfall — the first measurable precipitation since Sept. 8 — more rain was expected for today and Wednesday,...