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Storm damage in state could top $1 billion

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published September 1, 2011 at 12:15 PM EDT
Flooding in Maplecrest, NY
WBFO News photo courtesy of Ed Gullo, Maplecrest, NY resident
Flooding in Maplecrest, NY

By Eileen Buckley

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-984384.mp3

Buffalo, NY – President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in New York from damage left by Hurricane Irene.

WBFO'S Eileen Buckley says Governor Andrew Cuomo toured damaged areas of Prattsville, New York yesterday with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the FEMA Administrator.