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Faces of the Flood: "The tsunami after the hurricane"

By Julia Reischel, Mon, 7/23/2012 - 10:50 am
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Above: Dorothy Maffei in an Arkville warehouse where she and teams of volunteers stored tons of clothing donated after Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher Auger-Dominguez.

This week in our Faces of the Flood series: How donations after a disaster caused more problems than they solved for Dorothy Maffei, a shopkeeper who became Margaretville's town's go-to recovery organizer.

Topics: 
Water
People
Tags: 
flooding
emergency
Hurricane Irene
Recovery
Faces of the Flood
Dorothy Maffei
Place: 
Delaware County
Middletown
Arkville
Fleischmanns
Halcottsville
Margaretville
New Kingston

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