Downed Trees Still Problematic In NYC, L.I. Days After Irene
Trees that came down on Long Island as a result of Hurricane Irene have been cut up and pushed to the side of the road for crews pick up but that doesn't seem to be the case in many areas.
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Trees that came down on Long Island as a result of Hurricane Irene have been cut up and pushed to the side of the road for crews pick up but that doesn't seem to be the case in many areas.
It's hard enough for the able-bodied and young to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Imagine being elderly.
LIPA crews say they have restored power to nearly 300,000 customers in three days and get upset when given an "F" grade by a politician or slammed by customers.
Hurricane Irene is thundering up the east coast, lashing the tri-state with high winds and torrential rain and leaving millions without power.
A 4-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Monday at 112-12 Jamaica Avenue, a commercial building, near 113th Street in Richmond Hill. Firefighters were still on the scene late Monday night battling pockets of fire.
Larry Dorman, a spokesman for the AFSCME Local 3145, would not release the vote totals but said a "clear margin" was in favor of authorizing a strike. He said Red Cross workers in other states also will be taking strike authorization votes this week.
It can be difficult battling any fire, but with the heat and humidity, it makes the job of firefighters even more dangerous.
Volunteers were loading up a Red Cross truck in Mineola as they prepare to travel to Springfield, Massachusetts to help the victims of the tornado.
At least five volunteer fire departments helped douse the flames of a fire that broke out in an apartment on Glen Street around 12:25 a.m.
A mailbox and for sale sign were all that remained after an explosion Easter Sunday morning razed a house on Long Island.
A three-alarm fire in Queens left 13 firefighters injured and resulted in a mayday call after one responder became trapped after the floor gave out from under him.
In a day honoring Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the Red Cross taught life saving techniques across the country on Saturday, including in Mineola.
Cleaning kits were loaded onto an oversized municipal truck in Little Falls to help residents get their lives back.
As the horror of the historic Japan earthquake and devastating tsunami is broadcast across our television screens, anxious homeowners who live in local coastal communities are asking: could it happen here?
When blood donors share their "gift of life" with the Red Cross, they get a glass of juice and a cookie after their pint has been drawn, but what do you give Fido after he's donated his blood?
They were forced out. Dozens of families in Upper Manhattan were suddenly homeless Friday night after their apartment building was deemed too dangerous to live in.
Four residents and two firefighters were removed to area hospitals.
WCBS 880 spoke to Nathan Rudy about the Red Cross Treadmill 10K fundraiser going on this week.
Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk County SPCA says a last-minute appeal really helped.
For the past 36 years, every eight to 10 weeks, 79-year-old Joe Mannana has donated blood and he's hit yet another milestone. This past week, Mannana donated his 70th pint of blood.
Edward Quezada and his wife had bought all of their Christmas gifts for their 8- and 13-year-old children. But the gifts are now gone after a fire ripped through Quezada's apartment complex in Perth Amboy, N.J. on Sunday evening.
A raging fire destroyed home after home in Perth Amboy Sunday night, leaving at least 100 people with nowhere to go just days before Christmas.
Fresh meals are being delivered to P.S. 64 in Mount Eden, which has become a Red Cross emergency center for about 50 of the more than 120 people who were forced out of their homes Saturday.
The five-alarm fire started on the top floor of 399 Lincoln Avenue.
