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Is Connecticut ready for climate change? Recent flooding suggests not
Recent rain storms have revealed a worsening problem in Connecticut: many of the ... s Jan Ellen Spiegel to discuss her article, “As flooding worsens in CT, its drainage systems can’t keep ...
Hartford Courant1y
Amid flooded fields, CT officials pledge support for farmers devastated by weather
comes from a family that has been farming for three generations and said the recent flooding reminded him of Hurricane Irene in 2011 as the Connecticut River overflowed in southern Vermont and ...
New Hampshire Public Radio1y
Connecticut River flooding destroys farms, just as harvest season begins. ‘What am I going to do?’
That’s gone. All under water.” Farmers along the Connecticut River are experiencing significant losses from recent flooding. The river, the longest in New England, is filled with floodwater ...
WSHU news1y
As flooding worsens in Connecticut, its drainage systems can’t keep up
Flooding in Stratford town center during Tropical Storm Ida in September 2021. Under Connecticut regulations ... Rain gardens and retention ponds are recent alternatives to conventional stormwater ...
The Connecticut Mirror1y
From drought to deluge, a hard year to farm in Connecticut
Most of the recent agricultural damage came in the Connecticut River Valley, where centuries of flooding have deposited silt, replenishing the land. As floodplain, the land survives for ...
Hartford Courant2mon
Wildfires, flooding, storms, heat waves. CT to lose millions in funding, forecasting
While visiting flood-ravaged western ... distribution — the most recent of which came on Friday. It follows a filing in January and another in late March by Connecticut Attorney General ...
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Flood warning issued along Connecticut River in Hartford, Middlesex counties
Flooding along the Connecticut River is expected to continue ... A flood watch is an alert for "current or developing conditions that are favorable for flooding." NWS issued the warnings in ...
NBC Connecticut1y
Governor seeks federal help for Connecticut farmers impacted by recent flooding
The governor is asking for federal help for Connecticut farmers who suffered losses because of recent flooding. Gov. Ned Lamont said he has contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
WTNH9mon
Connecticut farmers meet with state leaders to discuss flood damage
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut farmers met with local, state and federal leaders on Wednesday to discuss the damage caused by the recent flash flooding. Leaders held a listening session at the ...
Connecticut’s strawberries are under threat, state scientists say
Erratic and extreme weather patterns have disrupted Connecticut’s strawberry crops in recent years.The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said that a mixture of recent historic flooding, air ...
Staten Island Advance2mon
NY weather update: The current flood advisory for part of New York will expire at 12:15 a.m.
The advisory was in place for the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island as well as Nassau and Westchester counties. "The Flood Advisory will expire at 12:15 a.m. early this morning ...
The Connecticut Mirror1y
Connecticut River flooding destroys farms, just as harvest season begins
That’s gone. All under water.” Farmers along the Connecticut River are experiencing significant losses from recent flooding. The river, the longest in New England, is filled with floodwater ...