On Tuesday, October 7, 2014, Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Coordinator, Kim Albins, led a workshop with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to capture lessons learned from a recent waterway debris removal mission in Baldwin County, Alabama.

The work resulted in a list of, "what went right", "what went wrong", and recommendations for future events.

In April 2014, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes destroyed and flooded areas across the Southeast. These storms resulted in a natural disaster declaration for the state of Alabama from the President. FEMA, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and USACE worked throughout September and October to clean debris from Baldwin County rivers impacted by severe flooding associated with these storms.

For further information, contact Asma.Mahdi@noaa.gov.

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