Connecticut’s request for a federal major disaster declaration in response to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias has been approved, the governor says.
Coronavirus and heavy winds: A tumultuous year in Greenwich and everywhere By Karen Tensa
GREENWICH The biggest story of 2020 in Greenwich was the same story that made headlines across the world: the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic and its enormous impact on people’s daily lives.
And the pandemic is expected to dominate the news well into 2021, as the number of COVID-19 cases pour in at a record rate even as the first wave of vaccinations begin.
COVID-19 influenced practically every facet of life, shutting down businesses and schools, and forcing people to live in lockdown conditions in an effort to combat the spread of the deadly virus.
Coronavirus and heavy winds: A tumultuous year in Greenwich - and everywhere
Karen Tensa
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A driver surveys the damage to his vehicle after a tree fell on it while stopped at a red light at 500 W. Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning, flash flood watch, and tornado watch as Tropical storm Isaias passed through Connecticut.Tyler Sizemore / Tyler SizemoreShow MoreShow Less
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Ellen Stacom, RN, demonstrates the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Greenwich Hospital will be taking part in a year-long trial that will examine treatment for COVID-19 through the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the airwaves most of the year, there were some other significant developments in 2020. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne highlights a few of them in an abbreviated year in review.
2020 began with finding ways to help the Rockand County community of Monsey following a December 28, 2019 machete attack during a Hannukah celebration at a rabbi’s home. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Rockland mid-January to announce funding for security infrastructure.
“I want everyone to know that we have learned from Monsey a painful lesson; we’ve learned from what’s going on; and we will respond and we will react and we will do everything in our power on every level to make sure this horrific act doesn’t happen again,” Cuomo says.