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$6M+ secured for Tropical Storm Debby flood recovery projects

TROUT RUN, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania is tapping into a federal program to aid flood recovery efforts from a weather disaster last summer.

Lycoming County is among nine counties in northeastern and central Pennsylvania that were walloped last August by Tropical Storm Debby.

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Communities like Trout Run were hit hard. The Shapiro administration says it's using more than $6,000,000 to repair and improve creeks and streams to prevent future flooding.

The Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency provided 25% matching funds to receive the rest of the money through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.