New York workers continuing Irene cleanup tasks
While it has been more than five months since the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit New York and New Jersey in August, crews are still working to repair tree and flood damage left behind by the storm.
In Rockland County, New York, officials told The Journal News that there were nearly 50 incidents of damage to county-designated waterways. Workers are now working to fix those issues so the streams will be able to handle other storms when they come.
"This really is alleviating the potential of further flooding from even a lesser storm," Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence told the paper.
He said at this point it would not even take a severe storm to cause rivers to overflow and cause flooding in the area. Local towns have also received some financial assistance for their efforts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The once-powerful hurricane weakened to a Category 1 storm before making landfall on the East Coast last summer, but still caused widespread damage and led to numerous homeowners insurance claims. The National Climatic Data Center says the storm caused more than $7.3 billion in damages.
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