Flood-Soaked Queens Blames Development, Lagging Sewers and Climate Change

By ELLEN BARRY

Published: August 29, 2007
The extent of this summer’s flooding damage to Queens has emerged gradually, overlooked in the drama of Brooklyn’s tornado. But politicians and homeowners in Queens warn that floods are overtaxing the sewer system. Even members of an assessment team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that visited Woodside were “astounded by what they saw,” said Barbara Lynch, an agency spokeswoman.

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