![]() Here's where the top wind gusts were tracked as of 5 p.m. The strong winds across central California will ease Tuesday afternoon and evening. A high wind warning remains in effect through late this evening for nearly 15 million people across the state. The heaviest rain is continuing to shift southward and will impact areas from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles and San Diego from late Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday morning. The animals included dogs, cats, roosters, guinea pigs and lots of birds, said Jacob Duarte, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Monterey County investigator. The combination of winds and rain has led to more than 350,000 customers without power across California, according to PowerOutage.US. Santa Clara County, which is south of San Francisco, is experiencing the worst of the outages with more than 127,000 of their just more than 250,000 customers without power, PowerOutage.US data shows. Wednesday in Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties. “So in this application, we're really going to demonstrate that the drugs are being trafficked through our county and that individuals are coming to our county to actually purchase these narcotics,” Conaty said.The latest atmospheric river event is bringing hurricane-force wind gusts to portions of central California, along with widespread rainfall totals of 1- 3 inches and isolated amounts of nearly half a foot. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that is in effect in Orange and Putnam counties until midnight, and 8 a.m. Conaty says previous applications haven’t clearly defined how Sullivan County’s issue have affected surrounding counties. Sullivan, IL Weather Forecast AccuWeather Daily Current Weather 11:02 PM 44 F RealFeel 39 Air Quality Fair Wind SSE 8 mph Wind Gusts 13 mph Cloudy More Details Current Air Quality. This is the third time Sullivan will try to be designated. They've repurposed to fund overtime that's needed to further investigations.” In addition, we are starting a new initiative from the opioid settlement funds. "So that way, we can help cut the rate of recidivism. “We've started the Hope Not Handcuffs initiative that we brought over from Michigan, and that's going to facilitate long-term inpatient treatment for the end users," Conaty said. While county leaders hope the HIDTA application is approved, they say they’ve shifted strategy to combat the problem. ![]() He said the area is seeing a lot of trafficking coming from over the New Jersey border and New York City. “We're going to need every resource to fight this epidemic, and we'd really be able to work with our surrounding counties that have already been designated HIDTA areas and work jointly and collaboratively in this effort,” Conaty said. Local leaders are trying to change that, saying HIDTA designation opens up more resources from the feds and Drug Enforcement Administration. “Every county in the Hudson Valley region is designated as a HIDTA area short of Sullivan County, which is unconscionable considering that we have the highest overdose rate per capita outside of New York City,” Sullivan County Acting District Attorney Brian Conaty said. It’s not designated as a high-intensity drug trafficking area, or HIDTA. Yet, it’s not getting as much help as other continues in the Hudson Valley. In 2021, the county’s opioid overdose death rate was 108% higher than the state average. Sullivan County’s struggle with opioids has been a long fight. Last year, there were 218 overdoses and 24 deaths within county lines. It has one of the highest overdose death rate in New York state. ![]() Sullivan County is on the front-lines of the dangerous and deadly epidemic. Now, the county’s district attorney is looking for federal support. The Hudson Valley continues to fight the opioid epidemic, but few areas have struggled with it as much as Sullivan County.
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