flood

WELLSVILLE — When it rains in June, longtime residents of Wellsville look to the sky and remember Hurricane Agnes of 1972, when the heavens opened up,...

Editor’s note: Fifty years ago this week, the Southern Tier was inundated with floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes — which claimed 128 li...

OLEAN — A mid-winter thaw may have gotten some people outdoors on Wednesday, but flooding may be a problem for some in the region. The National Weathe...

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey count...

NEW YORK — Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the ...

YORKS CORNER — A flood warning was extended in southeast Allegany County on Thursday due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred, while the neighboring...

CUBA — The Cuba Circulating Library building was damaged by water from flooding of its lower floor, which resulted from last weekend’s severe thunders...

ALBANY — A Rochester-area woman said Monday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheek at her home during a visit to inspec...

OLEAN — A flood watch was issued Thursday for the entire Western New York area from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. Rain is expected to b...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Memorial Library of Little Valley is closed until further notice after flooding over Fourth of July weekend. Volunteers are workin...

The “bomb cyclone” that dumped rain on Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri and killed four people now threatens wider regions downstream of swollen rivers and...

ELLICOTTVILLE — More than three weeks after heavy rains flooded portions of the Ellicottville Central School basement, the Board of Education approved...

Rainfall that exceeded 4 inches caused flash flooding overnight in the Southern Tier, according to National Weather Service reports. Numerous roads we...

SYRACUSE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon announced a weeklong state of emergency for 14 Upstate New York counties as torrential rains have continue...

ROCHESTER (AP) — State officials say two western New York towns along the Lake Ontario shoreline have received more than $900,000 to recover from last...

The onset of the Salamanca flood of 1967, which we covered in yesterday’s State & Union, came upon the area suddenly, resulting in a death and more th...

The Sept. 29 headline said it all: “50 Families Flee Surging River Here; LV Youth Missing in Flooded GV Creek.” Before the infamous Flood of 1972, a f...

As southeast Texas suffers under the epic flooding of the past several days, local residents old enough to remember must have had a flashback or two t...