natural disasters

Colder week with plenty of precipitation in forecast
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
Nov 18, 2024
The coming week should feature more typically November-like weather, with cooler temperatures in the forecast with some rain and perhaps even a little...
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Statewide burn ban in effect through Nov. 30
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Olean Times Herald staff 
Nov 14, 2024
While the Southern Tier region that includes Cattaraugus and Allegany counties received welcome precipitation the past few days, a statewide burn ban ...
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Planned power outage this Sunday in Wellsville
Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, News, ...
KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 07, 2024
WELLSVILLE — Beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday power will be out throughout the village of Wellsville. The power outage will last up to between 12 and 14 hou...
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Warm start to the week followed by rapid cooldown
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
Oct 20, 2024
The next few days are expected to be unseasonably warm with plenty of sunshine before a cold from mid-week drops temperatures quickly back to normal f...
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Lessons from hurricanes, storms of the past and present
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JAY SCOTT PARISELLA Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 17, 2024
While the circumstances were depressing, we were anxious to help — a few hundred American Red Cross volunteers descending on Baton Rouge/New Orleans, ...
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Gas prices ticked down in NY this past week
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Olean Times Herald staff 
Oct 07, 2024
Average gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.17/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,1...
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Hochul extends deadline for emergency repair grants
Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, News, ...
Olean Times Herald staff 
Oct 04, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul extended the application deadline another month for homeowners to apply for emergency repair grants for July and August extreme weat...
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New York state gas prices drop again
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Olean Times Herald staff 
Sep 30, 2024
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...
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Dry, mainly warm week in forecast
Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
Sep 29, 2024
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...
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Federal disaster declaration for Allegany, other NY counties
Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, News, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Sep 26, 2024
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 ...
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