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“When you have this kind of mass destruction from an explosion, it’s usually going to be associated with some form of gas."

While the county can use FEMA public assistance to repair schools and other publicly-funded institutions, its residential neighbors are not eligible.

“(W)hen hurricanes occur the rainfall associated with them is more intense because of human-induced climate change and Ida will not be an exception."

"I'm not sure what they looked at and what they saw over the time they were here and I continually ask how much more does it take for an area that has been inundated to receive its due from the federal government."

"When you see a house go down a river, when you see a house hanging over an embankment...when is it enough for FEMA to say this county, this region, this state, needs our assistance?”

The crash took place at about 3:40 a.m. as a tour bus rolled over and was immediately struck by two tractor trailers. Eighty miles of turnpike were closed as officials responded to the incident.

"The idea here is to make sure that people who live along the shorelines of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, make sure that they have a voice."

Flooding on Lake Ontario broke records this year. A lot of shoreline residents say they’ve never seen water levels anywhere near this year's, but in fact Lake Ontario has flooded many times before.

The IJC “has no excuse for its failure to prepare for adequately managing the high-water levels Lake Ontario has experienced and continues to experience this year.”

"Many people have water in their house. We have wet basements. Trying to keep up with sump pumps so they don’t fail."