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MyCoast FloodWatch project pitched as low‑cost tool to document inland flooding and support response
Summary
Representatives from the New York State Water Resources Institute and student interns described the MyCoast FloodWatch app and outreach plans to gather historic and current flood photos for Tompkins County, and emergency managers reported real‑time operational uses elsewhere in New York.
Kristen Hitchka of the New York State Water Resources Institute and intern Ali Hartung described the MyCoast FloodWatch tool to the county Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee on July 14 as a free platform to crowdsource photos and site‑level reports of flooding, link them to environmental data, and make them available for emergency managers, planners and researchers.
Hartung said MyCoast’s FloodWatch lets users upload current or historical…
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