Memorial flowers on bridge over Interstate 88 at the site of the deaths of two tractor-trailer drivers on June 28th. What was once a culvert became a raging river during a 14 inch rainstorm, tearing a 100 foot wide gash in the highway, swallowing the rigs whole. The culvert is now in the process of being replaced with a bridge, the construction of which you see in the background.
A sample of the destruction caused by flooding on June 28th in Walton, New York. All of the devastation in the region was caused by a torrential rainstorm over a 2 day period that covered the Susquehanna Hills with more than a foot of water. I went to the area with two of my colleagues to assess the damage to school districts and to help them chart their course of reclamation and reconstruction.
