The Long Island Rail Road and its customers may experience minor delays on all branches during tomorrow morning's rush hour and should give themselves extra time getting to the stations.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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2/9/16
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Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . .
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10/22/15
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There is good news from the National Weather Service, Hurricane Joaquin will track well off the east coast of the U.S.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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10/1/15
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Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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Q. We’re having a flooding problem. The neighbors behind us rebuilt their home and also raised their yard, sloping into ours.
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2/26/15
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LIRR Service Update
There are system-wide scattered delays of up to 30 minutes because of weather-related problems, as well as up to 90 min delays on the Montauk Branch due to an earlier disabled …
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8/13/14
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The Valley Stream Community Center, which was redesigned 2½ years ago to better withstand inevitable flooding, got its first test last week.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/7/14
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Q. What is a flood vent, and why do I need to put them in?
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4/10/14
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Recently, I have been fascinated reading about significant amounts of New York state monies being designated to assist South Valley Stream for repairs to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and for infrastructure construction in preparation for future such storms.
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12/19/13
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