11/27/2023
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Coastal Flooding Monday
Hatch Lake HAB free
Up to the minute NY water news for Monday, November 27 - last update 8:10 am EST
Floods and streamflow update from USGS WaterWatch
Coastal flooding this morning along south shore of Long Island. Shinnecock Bay is flooding at Ponquogue and East Rockaway Inlet is flooding at Atlantic Beach.
Drought map tilts toward normal from USGS WaterWatch
Much above normal streamflows through the northeast and central drainage basin Monday. Below and much below normal flows in Genesee River watershed in the west has one system offering a low reading, that being Caneseraga Creek above Dansville. The low reading here today is double the low flow we saw here exactly one month ago.
Three watersheds show up on the New York USGS Drought map Monday. Genesee and Allegheny River watersheds appear below normal. One channel in the Niagara - Lake Erie watershed remains below normal, an area taking in north Erie County and south Niagara County.
HABs update from NY DEC HABs Notifications Center
Hatch Lake HAB was archived over the weekend leaving no reported and confirmed active HABs in NYS Monday. Highlights of the 2023 HAB season will be available in the coming weeks, watch for more information here.
WTNY.us will be back with a season wrap up report looking at the most HAB-afflicted water bodies in New York State over the last few years. More to follow.
Did you see HABs this past season? Let WTNY know how HABs has impacted your enjoyment of state waters. Email us alerts@wtny.us.
Hazardous Spills the latest reports released from NY DEC as reported to the NY Emergency Spill Hotline 1-800-457-7362
Search underway for the latest spill incidents reported. Updates in progress.
See the Spills button to the right of the map for more spill incidents reported in NYS.
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