Flooding closes LI beaches ahead of Labor Day weekend
New York State Parks officials hopeful beaches will reopen Friday in time for busy Labor Day weekend.
New York State Parks officials hopeful beaches will reopen Friday in time for busy Labor Day weekend.
Swimming briefly closed at two fields.
Some of the beaches are closed at Robert Moses State Park after a dead tiger shark washed ashore Wednesday morning.
Suffolk County authorities are keeping close watch on the water after more shark sightings and an attack Tuesday.
Officials believe it is an 18 to 20 foot juvenile humpback that washed ashore at Robert Moses State Park.
Plenty of people are heading to beaches and pools Sunday, as dangerously high temperatures sweep over the Tri-State.
Some state park beaches on Long Island will be open for swimming from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday due to the expected warm temperatures.
A small plane flipped over after making an emergency landing on a Long Island beach Monday morning.
Police have released a sketch of a man who tried to sexually assault a woman in a Long Island park.
Police on Wednesday were searching for a man who used a crossbow to kill a red fox at Robert Moses State Park on Long Island.
A tropical storm warning remained in effect Tuesday for Suffolk County and southeastern Connecticut.
A baby humpback whale was spotted swimming along the coast of the Jersey Shore on Wednesday.
The whale did also have a number of shark bites, but Digiovanni said he believes the shark bites came after the whale's death.
The whale appeared to have shark bites, but that may have happened after it died.
The dangerous and venomous Portuguese man o' war has now been spotted along Long Island from Robert Moses State Park all the way to Montauk, according to an environmental group.
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Researchers believe the 3,500-pound beast is headed to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to give birth.
A federal judge stopped the work set to begin because the society believes a tiny bird that nests along the shore, the piping plover, would be unable to get around the bigger dunes.
The bracelet was engraved with the name of fallen New York City firefighter Michael Otten, who died on Sept. 11. The firefighter's widow, Marion Otten, said her son lost the bracelet on the beach at Robert Moses State Park a decade ago.
Beach prep has started on Long Island. For the next seven weeks crews will be working hard to get Jones Beach ready for summer crowds.
Summer preparation is under way at Robert Moses State Park. Roughly 400,000 cubic yards of sand is being dredged and will pumped on to hurricane-damaged beaches.
Shortly before 9 a.m. State Police received an emergency call about a single engine Cessna that had taken off from Long Island MacArthur Airport and was experiencing engine trouble near the park.
The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, Long Island, has been canceled for Saturday due to the rainy, bone-chilling weather.
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Temperatures around New York and New Jersey will rebound nicely Monday, as highs reach the upper 60s and low 70s.
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It will be cool with rain around the area in the morning. Rain and drizzle will linger during the remainder of the day.
Accompanying cooler temperatures will be multiple chances of rain through Sunday.
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Temperatures around New York and New Jersey will rebound nicely Monday, as highs reach the upper 60s and low 70s.
There's an intense debate on whether to arm school security after Farmingdale schools became the latest on Long Island to plan to hire armed guards.
Mother's Day was mostly a gloomy day in New York City and across the Tri-State Area.
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