Flooding Exposes Drainage Failures | Albany News

Albany News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 31, 2026 · 1m

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…