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Sep 11, 2024 · Fast-forward to today and the New York City Water Trail connects paddlers with 160 square miles of navigable waterways, dozens of launch sites dot the city and many of Manhattan's newly...
Watertown is located 13 miles (21 kilometers) southwest of the U.S. Army base at Fort Drum; it is the service and shopping destination for personnel there and their families. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city has 24,685 residents, making it the largest city in the North Country.
An audacious feat of engineering, the Hills on Governors Island opened to the public in July, 2016. Rising up to 70 feet above sea level, the Hills are the culmination of the park and are New York’s newest landmark in the Harbor.
Between 1842 and 1900, the four-acre reservoir held 20 million gallons of water for the growing island metropolis. Its previous sources at Collect Pond and various springs across town were running dry and becoming polluted from urbanization. Water contained at Murray Hill originated from Croton Reservoir in Westchester County.”
Oct 1, 2023 · Torrential rainfall has heightened the threat of flash flooding in New York City and other parts of the northeast on Friday. A severe storm has lodged over the city, and parts of upstate New...
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Jan 18, 2023 · Groundwater is lurking as an under-the-radar threat in coastal New York City, but officials stopped 50 years of routine monitoring in 2013. Now, environmental agencies are starting to take a deep look again.
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Sep 29, 2023 · Heavy rain caused serious flooding across the region on Friday, leading Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency as rising waters disrupted travel and stranded people in cars and homes...
