A messy nor'easter wasn't enough to make up for a lack of late-season snow and dry spring weather, which is causing worries of another summer drought in New England, officials say.
People are already being urged to conserve water in parts of western Massachusetts, and New Hampshire officials warned that water shortages may occur since conditions haven’t fully recovered from the drought last summer. Across the region, tinderbox conditions have led to scores of fires.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic much as he has the previous several decades: on the mudflats of Maine, digging for the clams that draw tourists to seafood shacks around New England.
But he's running into a problem: few clams.
“There just isn’t the clams that there used to be," Coffin said. "I don’t want to be negative, I’m just trying to be realistic.”
BOSTON (AP) — A storm is bringing rain, snow and a messy morning commute to New England and northern New York just as it appeared spring weather was arriving.
The areas around Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford, Connecticut; and Boston are getting mostly heavy rain and wind, but parts of northern New England and New York could see a fair amount of wet, heavy snow, especially in higher elevations.
DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to reopen the public comment period on plans to build a number of high-powered surveillance towers along Vermont's border with the Canadian province of Quebec, Vermont's congressional delegation said Friday.