Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Gowanda, N. Y. , October 14, 2009 -- Ron Simmons, the New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) Special Assistant to the State Public Assistance Officer discusses debris in the creeks and rivers near the Gowanda Reservoir with Cattaraugus County Environmental Health Director Eric Wohlers. A major disaster declaration was signed on Sept. 1, 2009, after torrential storms and flooding inundated western New York in early August. FEMA/Jacqueline Chandler

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Title: FEMA meeting outisde about debris removal in New York

Production Date: 10/14/2009

Caption: Gowanda, N. Y. , October 14, 2009 -- Ron Simmons, the New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) Special Assistant to the State Public Assistance Officer discusses debris in the creeks and rivers near the Gowanda Reservoir with Cattaraugus County Environmental Health Director Eric Wohlers. A major disaster declaration was signed on Sept. 1, 2009, after torrential storms and flooding inundated western New York in early August. FEMA/Jacqueline Chandler

Photographer Name: Jacqueline Chandler

City/State: Gowanda, NY

Disasters: New York Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-1857)

Disaster Types: Flooding ^ Severe Storm

Categories: Debris ^ Recovery ^ State/Local Officials
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials