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Thursday, February 28, 2013  Central New York is hoping for the best, but it wants to make sure it's ready to respond to the worst. Organizations in the preparedness business are working together to put neighbors at ease and make sure Onondaga County is equipped to handle the unexpected.

Monday, December 17, 2012  The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded nearly $20 million to an upstate New York school district to replace an elementary school flooded by Tropical Storm Lee last year.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  The Cuomo administration reports distributing more than $574 million in state aid to help communities recover from flooding since back-to-back tropical storms Irene and Lee dropped torrents of rain last year.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  Residents of an upstate New York nursing home have begun returning to the facility, nearly six months after it was forced to close because of flood damage caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  A group of Binghamton area flood victims are filing suit today claiming the state and municipalities were negligent in their handling of the 2011 floods.

Sunday, October 23, 2011  Water levels are down on the storied Erie Canal after tropical storms Irene and Lee and there is a lot to be done to clean up the waterway, but stretches of the canal are navigable.

Friday, October 21, 2011  A Binghamton-area sporting goods store is throwing in the towel after enduring the second major flood in five years.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011  The Johnson City Petco where dozens of animals died during September's fierce flooding in the southern tier may not reopen.

Monday, October 17, 2011  Some residents in a flood-damaged upstate New York village say conditions are still too hazardous to allow children to go door-to-door trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Friday, September 30, 2011  More than 7,000 Binghamton properties damaged by Tropical Storm Lee

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  UPDATE: The mayor of Johnson City wants a criminal investigation looking into the deaths of dozens of animals from a Petco store, inundated by flooding last week.

Friday, September 09, 2011  One day after damaging floods in Sherburne, the streets are dry.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The rain-swollen Susquehanna River overflowed retaining walls in downtown Binghamton on Thursday, sending water coursing down city streets and leaving officials scrambling to evacuate holdouts who didn't heed earlier warnings to leave.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  Flooding along the Susquehanna River could force 100,000 people out of their homes for up to 72 hours.  Entire communities are being evacuated after the Lee rainstorm.