Extreme Weather

Many Connecticut and Long Island schools have canceled afternoon practices and games in response to this week’s heat wave. A handful of districts have also enforced early dismissal.

Cities across Connecticut and Long Island have activated their hot weather protocol as temperatures are expected to be in the 90s until at least Thursday.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are urging residents to prepare for dangerously cold temperatures this weekend.

Suffolk water authorities extend Stage 1 Water Emergency to over a million customers.

Extremely hot conditions are expected for our region over the next several days.

Blizzard conditions are expected for New England and downstate New York. Over a foot of snow is predicted for Connecticut. Suffolk County could get up to two feet of snow.

Flooding around the island ended up being mostly moderate.

Connecticut activated the first severe cold weather protocol of the season on Monday, as lawmakers urged the federal government to prevent market manipulation of home heating prices.

The Long Island Power Authority spent $59 million preparing for Tropical Storm Henri this summer, but the utility will have to eat that cost since the federal government won’t reimburse it.

A state of emergency was declared for Suffolk County on Monday after three small tornadoes touched down there over the weekend, tearing roofs off buildings and leveling trees. A fourth tornado struck Nassau County.