Longer-term, both county and municipal governments are looking at ways to prevent future flooding. The Village of Owego is in the process of developing a long-term community recovery plan, said Mayor Kevin Millar. It’s also working on an early-warning system, and encouraging residents to sign up for NYAlert.
Drive through the streets of Owego, Vestal or Conklin, and the scars from Tropical Storm Lee aren’t as evident as they once were — but they are there.
The Vestal Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center stands empty on Vestal Road as does the former home of BAE Systems in Westover, which has since moved to the Huron complex in Endicott. For-sale signs dot the lawns of homes and businesses that can no longer afford to rebuild.
It’s been more than a year since the slow-moving storm sluiced nearly 9 inches of rain onto an already-damp Tier on Sept. 7 and 8, 2011. More than 30,000 Broome and Tioga residents evacuated, the largest such evacuation the region has seen. Property damage totaled more than $182 million in Broome and $84 million in Tioga, taking into account federal disaster aid, insurance claims, federal loans and buyout applications..
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