The Smithtown Library is close to reopening, nearly eight months after historic flooding​ on Long Island nearly destroyed it.

FREEPORT, N.Y. - Concerns about flooding and wind damage are intense on Long Island Wednesday. Coastal communities are dealing with high tide and relentless rainfall. "We do get flooded over here.

Greenwich officials are drafting regulations for "riparian buffers" to cut down pollution entering Long Island Sound and flooding along river corridors.

They were fully contained by Monday. By Lola Fadulu The wildfires that broke out on Long Island Saturday afternoon and spread over hundreds of acres appeared to be accidental, caused by a failed ...

The latest round of Long Island Sound Futures Fund grants issued ... mammals like otters from their habitats and can ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday as strong winds fueled a handful of brush fires on Long Island's east end. The largest and only remaining fire still burning at ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people ...

The wildfires that broke out over the weekend on New York's Long Island, scorching hundreds of acres, are believed to have been caused by a resident making s'mores in a backyard, authorities said ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long Island's Pine Barrens to gain control of massive brush fires fueled by ...

The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley still faced a high fire risk on Sunday, officials said. By Chelsia Rose ...

So that is the operating theory right now." Smoke billows from fires in New York's Long Island, Mar. 8, 2025, seen from Southampton, N.Y. Catalina said the department has 25 arson investigators ...