When the river rises

When the river rises

On the eve of July 10, 2023, Piyush Labhsetwar, like many farmers in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts, went to sleep anticipating rain. But he wasn’t prepared for what he saw the next morning, when he checked the online water gauge for the Mill River, a tributary of the Connecticut river that runs along Grow Food Northampton’s 121-acre community farm. “[The] water level was shooting straight up,” he recalled. “This doesn’t look good.” …

Treading lightly in deep waters - The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — Jill Tripp lives on First Street. So does her mother, who lives just up the street. Their homes, like most on the 100 block of First Street, are safe from a 100-year-flood, at least according to the flood maps handed down by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that the city is scheduled to adopt in May. Under an alternative map favored by City of Ithaca officials, Tripp’s house, along with many of the homes that run par…