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New Yorkers have experienced tornadoes, an earthquake and an extreme fire season this year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New Yorkers have experienced tornadoes, an earthquake and an extreme fire season this year

CNN  

Greenwood Lake, New York CNN — John Towsen and his wife, Riley Kellogg, watched in horror last Sunday as the flames in nearby trees inched closer and closer to their home of nearly five years. “We didn’t know if we were coming back to the home or not,” Towsen told CNN three days later, as he stood in front of …

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‘Dante’s inferno’: Wildfires scorch New York amid historic drought
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Dante’s inferno’: Wildfires scorch New York amid historic drought

Al Jazeera  

For millions of New Yorkers in the concrete jungle and beyond, the spate of wildfires at their backdoor was unthinkable. “We’re praying for rain,” embattled Mayor Eric Adams told reporters huddled at the site of the brush fire last Friday. There will never be another you.” Fire ‘in your back yard’ For many New Yorkers, who are more accustomed to …

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Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC
2 months ago

Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC

CNN  

CNN — An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent smoke drifting across New York City, officials said. The death stems from the Jennings Creek Fire burning in the area of Greenwood Lake Turnpike and East Shore Road in West Milford, Passaic …

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Minnesota wildfires disappoint travelers and outfitters
3 years, 4 months ago

Minnesota wildfires disappoint travelers and outfitters

Associated Press  

ELY, Minn. — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. “Usually, this time of the morning, we’re bustling — getting people on the water, loading canoes, getting them out to their entry points,” Jason Zabokrtsky, owner of Ely Outfitting Company, told Minnesota Public …

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Tourist sites threatened by raging US wildfires
3 years, 4 months ago

Tourist sites threatened by raging US wildfires

Al Jazeera  

The Caldor Fire in California and Greenwood Lake Fire in Minnesota are fuelled by climate change, a new report concludes. Enormous wildfires in California and Minnesota are forcing tourists to change their plans in two US vacation spots as a new study blames climate change for creating conditions that fuel the massive blazes. The Greenwood Lake fire burning in the …

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Black man pleads not guilty to stabbing five people at Hanukkah party with machete
5 years ago

Black man pleads not guilty to stabbing five people at Hanukkah party with machete

Daily Mail  

Grafton E Thomas was arrested for allegedly stabbing five people inside a rabbi's home during a Hannukah celebration on Saturday night in Monsey, New York. He is pictured leaving the court Thomas is seen leaving an arraignment at Ramapo Town Court on Sunday morning The defendant, dressed in a white jumpsuit and gray booties with his hands cuffed behind his …

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