Woods Present Challenges for Convicts, Searchers

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) —

The rugged northern New York terrain being searched for two escaped murderers presents major challenges to anyone who ventures into the Adirondack woods.

Experts say if escapees David Sweat and Richard Matt are in the wooded, swampy area just east of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, they’re enduring two of the region’s warm-weather nuisances: swarms of biting insects. Black flies come out during the day while mosquitoes are just as prevalent at night.

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