Lake Ontario is still rising. The Army Corps of Engineers says Sunday morning’s reading was 248.3 feet, driven by more than three inches of rain in the first week of May. Normally Rochester gets less than three inches of rain for the entire month. Lake Ontario is now just six inches away from an all-time […]
The National Weather Service has a small stream flood warning for the east side of Monroe County, particularly Irondequoit Creek. It runs until 5:45 p.m. Yesterday’s heavy thunderstorms put down one-and-a-quarter-inches of rain and sent the creek over its banks. Ellison Park flooded again for the second time in recent weeks. The water is falling, […]
The National Weather Service records 1.38 inches of rain for Rochester on Thursday, which is a lot, but still shy of the record 1.75 inches set in 1888. We also had half-an-inch of snow. This week’s high rainfall has caused flooding in Ellison Park from Irondequoit Creek, and Monroe County officials say the park is […]