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Critics say Plan 2014 is to blame for the unprecedented water levels while others say it's a scapegoat for the excessive rainfall in recent years, which could be related to climate change.
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Top state officials say that the IJC failed to act in response to flooding in 2017 and 2019, causing New York to incur substantial and potentially avoidable damages.
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63 projects along the Lake Ontario shoreline will receive $133 million in state funding. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday during a stop at the Port of Rochester.
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Lake Ontario hovers 16 inches above its long-term average, with a bleak forecast from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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"This is an international entity and it is going to be a difficult case for us to make. But it is a last resort, we have tried everything else. It is a cry for help from the state of New York."
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The state is putting aside $300 million to fund resiliency projects in these communities, which have seen major flooding in recent years.
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Acting administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Pete Gaynor toured some of the flooding damage along the Lake Ontario shoreline.
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"While there are shipping interests and energy interests and environmental interests, the human interest, specifically, the residents and business owners along the shore are first and foremost in my mind."
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The Army Corps of Engineers announced it doesn't expect the water in the Great Lakes to go down too much, too soon.
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The opinion runs contrary to those people which have placed the blame on the work of an international commission.