Ice jam flooding threat still high for Upstate New York with weekend warmup
Glenn Coin - NYUp - 18 Jan 2018
"The risk for ice jam flooding is currently above average in some places, and may increase with time," said today's flooding outlook issued by the National Weather Service in Binghamton.
Cleanup begins for Plattsburgh mobile home park; some homes "completely destroyed" in floodZach Hirsch - North Country Public Radio - 18 Jan 2018
On Thursday crews inspected buildings, removed sandbags and dug out roads and driveways ... 15 of the homes were deemed safe enough for the residents to return ... Other families can go back to assess the damage, clean, and gather their belongings.
Plattsburgh Mayor lifts emergency orders at Underwood Estates
Torrance Gaucher - myChamplainValley.com - Jan 18, 2018
Although flood waters are long gone, Underwood Mobile Home Park residents are still waiting to be let back into their Plattsburgh homes. Read expects a third to be able to return in the near future. However, he said 25 homes were destroyed leaving the other 2/3 facing a long road ahead. "A third will have to have a lot of rehabilitation– pipes being replaced and a third were literally under water," Read said.
Some Underwood families can return to homes
Joe LoTemplio and louis Claremont - Plattsburgh Press Republican -Jan. 18, 2018
Joanie Carr has lived in Underwood Estates for 25 years. She lost everything in this week's flooding. "I don't know what to do," she said Friday in the ruins of her mobile home at 18 Sandalwood Drive. "I have no answers."
Displaced Fort Covington residents retrieve belongings as Salmon .Street remains flooded
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Jan. 17 , 2018
The occupants of two residences still surrounded by floodwater caused by ice jams in the Salmon River were allowed to enter their homes Tuesday afternoon.
Ben Axelson - NYUp - January 16, 2018
These ice jam videos and photos were taken at rivers around Upstate New York during cold weather over the weekend and last week. Take a look below.
Shifting temperatures, rain trigger epidemic of ice jams and floods
Brian Mann - North Country Public Radio - Jan. 15, 2018
Road crews work on River Road along the Hudson River in Thurman, New York, which was heavily damaged by flooding over the weekend ... weekend began Friday and early Saturday with evacuations in Fort Covington as ice jams blocked the Salmon River, pushing water into homes ... Members of the Ausable Forks fire department posted video of the Ausable River in Essex County churning with icebergs ... road crews were still at work in the town of Thurman in Warren County along the Hudson River ... New York emergency services reported that an ice jam on the Saranac River near a mobile home park ...
Ice jams cause flooding in Northeast as more cold and snow loom
ABC News - Jan 14, 2018
The combination of melting snow, mild temperatures, and heavy rain have caused numerous ice jams to form in several Northeast states, including Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Road crews work on River Road along the Hudson River in Thurman, New York, which was heavily damaged by flooding over the weekend ... weekend began Friday and early Saturday with evacuations in Fort Covington as ice jams blocked the Salmon River, pushing water into homes ... Members of the Ausable Forks fire department posted video of the Ausable River in Essex County churning with icebergs ... road crews were still at work in the town of Thurman in Warren County along the Hudson River ... New York emergency services reported that an ice jam on the Saranac River near a mobile home park ...
ABC News - Jan 14, 2018
The combination of melting snow, mild temperatures, and heavy rain have caused numerous ice jams to form in several Northeast states, including Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Ausable River
Ice jams caused significant headaches along the East Branch of the Ausable River
Torrance Gaucher - myChamplainValley.com - Jan 13, 2018
Roughly after 2pm on Friday, the water levels in the East Branch of the Ausable River began to rise. Quickly jumping from just under 4' at 2:15pm to major flood stage at 13.25' at 2:45pm. Chunks of ice, and logs filled the river and struck the one way bridge to the Jersey section of town, which was one of the hardest hit sections.
Ice Jams develop on the West Branch of the Ausable River
Mike Lynch - Adirondack Explorer - Jan 12 2018
Heavy rains and melting snow in the mountains caused ice to break up on the east, west, and main branches of the Ausable River today. Moving downstream, the ice became jammed in sections of the Ausable rivers near Lake Placid, Jay, and Ausable Forks. The jams resulted in flooding that closed several roads.
Plattsburgh
Zach Hirsch - North Country Public Radio - 1:54 PM 16 Jan 2018
Most of the people in the 24 homes that were evacuated on Saturday because of flooding in Fort Covington, in Franklin County, have returned to their homes, according to the North Country chapter of the American Red Cross. But officials say six to eight homes remain cut off by floodwater.
Flood evacuations continue at Plattsburgh mobile home park
WCAX3 -6:13 PM, Jan 16, 2018
A total of 70 people have now been told they need to leave their homes at Underwood Estates, leaving clothes and pets behind. Crews are working as hard as they can to go back and save the animals.
Flooding worsens in City of Plattsburgh
Joe LoTemplio and louis Claremont - Plattsburgh Press Republican-Jan. 16, 2018
The City Fire Department helped with the evacuation, Day said, including transporting one person who was oxygen dependent to University of Vermont Health Network, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh.
Flooding worsens in City of Plattsburgh
Joe LoTemplio and louis Claremont - Plattsburgh Press Republican-Jan. 16, 2018
The City Fire Department helped with the evacuation, Day said, including transporting one person who was oxygen dependent to University of Vermont Health Network, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh.
Kelly O'Brien - WCAX3 - Jan 15, 2018
The Clinton County Office of Emergency Services says all of the residents in the in the Underwood mobile home park in Plattsburgh have been evacuated after the flooding intensified early this morning. Initially, only 18 of the 50 mobile homes had been evacuated.
Displaced Fort Covington residents retrieve belongings as Salmon .Street remains floodedFort Covington
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Jan. 17 , 2018
The occupants of two residences still surrounded by floodwater caused by ice jams in the Salmon River were allowed to enter their homes Tuesday afternoon.
Fort Covington ice jam stretches 5 miles
Denise Raymo - Platsburgh Press Republican - Jan 16, 2018
Thirty-seven people had to leave 17 homes Friday night due to flooding, with a total 24 residences roped off due to flooding. Milder temperatures predicted for the next few days could play in the favor of the volunteer firefighters and first responders who have been on the job in bitter cold since late Friday to help their neighbors.
Malone state of emergency lifted, Fort Covington's remains
Spectrum News - Jan. 16, 2018
Plattsburgh Press Republican - Jan. 14, 2018
Ice-jam flooding here had pushed 36 people out of their homes as of Saturday afternoon.Though the county was successful in stemming flooding in Malone, Provost said, crews had been evacuating residents on Fort Covington since midnight Friday.
Brad Evans - News5 - Jan 14, 2018
The Franklin County Office of Emergency Services said the residents were evacuated early Saturday morning. Fort Covington Town Supervisor Pat Manchester also declared a state of emergency at 4:45 a.m. Saturday.
