Flooding Exposes Drainage Failures | Albany News

Record rainfall has unleashed catastrophic flooding across Albany County, tearing through homes, roads, and sewer systems — with one Coeymans resident forced to flee as her walls crumbled and water surged in. The disaster exposed critical infrastructure failures, especially a drainage system under train tracks that officials desperately wanted to fix — but CSX refused, despite offering to pay and labor. When the overwhelmed sewer system blew apart, floodwaters tore through town, washing out driveways and leaving families facing ruinous repair bills — some already spending hundreds annually on storm damage, now hit with an even worse blow. Cleanup is costly, emotional, and just beginning. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/18d568ec76c673db