Video by Mary Cochran | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 12.17.2012
Through a partnership of private industry professionals and city and federal agencies, flood waters from nine FEMA mission-assigned locations in New York City have been removed less than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy's record-level storm surge inundated the area. Dewatering operations at four of five other FEMA mission-assigned locations in the New York City metro area have also......
Video by Mary Cochran | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 11.16.2012
BROOKLYN, New York -- A diverse partnership of government, military and private industry professionals have joined forces to remove floodwater caused by Hurricane Sandy's record-level storm surge from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, which connects Brooklyn with the island of Manhattan. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is overseeing the unified federal response. At 9,117 feet the......