Flooded with evidence

Storm damage shows new high risk designations were mainly on the mark

On Cambridge’s Harrison Avenue, owner Brett Flehinger, with Jackie Wolfrum, did a post-flood cleanup. (Photos By David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

By Jenifer B. McKim

Globe Staff / March 20, 2010

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Days after the deluge that flooded their basements, residents were still drying out their homes and sorting through ruined belongings in a neighborhood near Alewife Brook, the same area the Federal Emergency Management Agency last year designated as being at high risk for flooding. At the time, some homeowners complained about being put in a flood zone. Now, ... (Full article: 825 words)