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WKBW-TV
City crews help flood cleanup efforts in North Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — City crews provided emergency bulk trash pickup Monday, after Thursday night's flooding damaged homes and businesses in the area. Some residents and business owners experienced up to approximately 3ft of flooding in their basements. "It was coming in through the pipes, the walls, the windows,...
WKBW-TV
Mary Beth's Labor Day Forecast: Comfortably cool tonight
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — High pressure will keep WNY dry through Tuesday with a return to high humidity and showers and t-storms on Wednesday. Hurricane Lowell will pass close to the Hawaiian Islands tonight. Lowell is a Category 2 storm with 110mph winds. Flash flooding ,damaging waves and high winds are expected in Kaui and Oahu later Monday night into early Tuesday.
News 4 Buffalo
‘I’ve lost a lot’: Kenmore residents react after water floods basements
KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Several residents in Kenmore are doing everything they can to clean up after Thursday’s storm caused severe flooding and damage to plenty of basements. Kenmore residents Brianna Brown and her brother Owen were nearly breaking down in tears, finding their basement destroyed and parts of it still under several feet of water […]
News 4 Buffalo
Toronto stadium damaged in Wednesday’s storms
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — During Wednesday night’s thunderstorms and winds, which stretched across Western New York and Southern Ontario, Toronto’s Rogers Stadium suffered what the “Toronto Star” cited as “significant damage,” publishing video alongside the report showing the aftermath of the havoc, including damaged seats and collapsed videoboards. Large swaths of the concert venue were […]
Yahoo!
North Buffalo, Kenmore, and Tonawanda neighborhoods inundated with flooding after fast and furious rainfall
Heavy rain and flooding hit neighborhoods in North Buffalo, Amherst, Kenmore, and the Town of Tonawanda, causing road closures and hazardous driving conditions. Mother nature decided WNY needed a sequel and inundated neighborhoods in North Buffalo, Amherst, Kenmore and the Town of Tonawanda with heavy rain and flooding. Flooding caused...
WBEN 930AM
Cleanup continues in North Buffalo after Thursday's flash flooding
Record rainfall across the Northtowns caught several residents and business owners by complete surprise Thursday evening. This was especially the case when water started backing up and flooding local roadways, even resulting in people's basements becoming flooded with the excess water. More from WBEN:
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Flooding closes key roads across Western New York, including parts of Buffalo
Traffic Alert: Flooding closes roads across Western New York. Delaware and Hertel: Parts of Delaware and Hertel in North Buffalo are closed. I-90 West: Flooding at Exit 54 (Route 400) in West Seneca. Left lane closed. Route 33 East: Closed at Route 277 in Cheektowaga. Route 78 North: Closed from...
Democrat and Chronicle
NWS confirms EF1 tornado in New York. See where it hit
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Olcott on Wednesday, Sept. 2, during a line of severe thunderstorms that swept across Western New York. Olcott is a lakeside hamlet in Niagara County on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, about halfway between Rochester and Niagara Falls. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 105 mph and traveled about 0.67 miles, according to a damage survey released Thursday by the NWS Buffalo office. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Tornado moved through Olcott and Krull Park The tornado began around 6:07 p.m. near Olcott in northern Niagara County and lasted about a minute, according to the NWS. A severe supercell thunderstorm that had produced a waterspout over Lake Ontario moved onshore near Olcott. The NWS said it could not determine from the shoreline damage whether the waterspout itself moved onshore, but survey crews found clear evidence of a tornado about a block inland along Main Street. The tornado moved south-southeast across the Great Lakes Seaway Trail and into the southern portion of Krull Park, producing additional tree damage along Althea Street. Drone footage obtained by Niagara County Emergency Services showed large swirls in an open grassy
WKBW-TV
Cleanup underway after powerful storm downs trees in Amherst
AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — Cleanup efforts are underway Thursday after a powerful storm uprooted trees, damaged homes and knocked out power across parts of Amherst Wednesday. Crews spent the morning cutting through fallen tree trunks and hauling branches from neighborhoods in Getzville. A large tree fell onto a home...
News 4 Buffalo
Emergency trash pickup in Buffalo on Monday following floods
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The city of Buffalo will have emergency trash pickup services on Monday following Thursday night’s severe floods, Mayor Sean Ryan announced. Crews are assessing and identifying the areas of the city that were most affected by the storm, and routes will be scheduled based on that assessment. Anyone who was affected […]