natural disasters

While Cattaraugus and Allegany counties have been spared the most severe weather the spring and summer can bring, New York overall set a new record fo...

Tropical Storm Debby, which made landfall Monday morning in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, is slowly making its way north, bringing torrential dow...

Due to adverse weather conditions, which are projected to continue through what would have been the scheduled time for the Big 30 Charities Classic Pa...

Hochul needs to declare climate emergency A tornado warning in Jamestown. Tornado damage outside of Buffalo. This is what we saw as the remnants of Hu...

Following a dry weekend with high pressure and low humidity, the coming week will likely return to a typical mid-summer pattern of hot weather with a ...

ROME, N.Y. (TNS) — The tornado that struck Rome Tuesday afternoon was by far the worst natural disaster to ever hit the community, Gov. Kathy Hochul s...

CORTLAND (TNS) — A storm that came through Central New York on Wednesday brought “serious devastation” to the city of Cortland, the mayor said. The re...

OLEAN — An afternoon downpour was Olean’s taste of Beryl on Wednesday, the storm having traveled north and west of the region. The majority of the sto...

The Olean Historical and Preservation Society has announced an upcoming talk titled “Floods, Dikes and Dams — A History of Olean’s Battle With Mother ...

While Olean is far from Tropical Storm Beryl’s projected point of landfall in southeastern Texas, the National Weather Service predicts that remnants ...

Average gasoline prices in New York rose 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.55/g to begin the Fourth of July week, according to GasBu...

It looks like a mixed bag, weather-wise, for this Fourth of July week in the Twin Tiers. The week starts off right with sun and wonderfully moderate t...

Following the high temperatures and humidity the region experienced recently, the Olean area should see some relief in the coming week as temperatures...

OLEAN — Residents were cleaning out basements and fire crews breathed a sigh of relief Thursday morning after a busy night responding to calls trigger...

OLEAN — Hot weather remains in the forecast for the rest of the week. The National Weather Service in Buffalo continued its heat advisory into Thursda...

Scorching temperatures and plenty of sunshine are in the forecast for this week, as the first heat wave of the year plumes in the region. The extreme ...

After a pleasant weekend, the coming week is expected to be extremely hot, with temperatures flirting with record highs by mid-week. “We’ll be experie...

OLEAN — Bidders are expected to offer their services to fix a collapsed sewer line and flood control levee this summer. The city Department of Public ...