NYS communities create a crisis resilience playbook, with Cornell help
October 10, 2024
October 10, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Residents of Southside, a historically Black community that lies along Six Mile Creek in Ithaca, now live in an area recently recategorized as a "special hazard flood zone" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"When we get weeks of rain, people's basements are flooding. If the creek overflows, it floods," said Chavon Bunch, executive director of Southside Community Cent . . .
Residents of Southside, a historically Black community that lies along Six Mile Creek in Ithaca, now live in an area recently recategorized as a "special hazard flood zone" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"When we get weeks of rain, people's basements are flooding. If the creek overflows, it floods," said Chavon Bunch, executive director of Southside Community Cent . . .