Flooding - Binghamton, N. Y. , September 8, 2011 -- A floodwall, built with hazard mitigation funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and New York State protected this vital property from flood waters that devastated other parts of the city, even as rising water from the Susquehanna River engulfed the hospital's parking lot during Tropical Storm Lee.

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Title: Floodwall Protected Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Production Date: 09/08/2011

Caption: Binghamton, N. Y. , September 8, 2011 -- A floodwall, built with hazard mitigation funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and New York State protected this vital property from flood waters that devastated other parts of the city, even as rising water from the Susquehanna River engulfed the hospital's parking lot during Tropical Storm Lee.

Photographer Name: FEMA News Photo

City/State: Binghamton, NY

Disasters: New York Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee (DR-4031)

Disaster Types: Flooding

Categories: Mitigation
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials