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Hurricane Ida in 2021 could have been even worse for New York City
During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and ...
E&E News2d
New York City’s top health threat? Flooding.
The expected frequency of flooding is one reason the city’s health department ranks it as more pressing than cyberattacks or ...
CBS News1y
New York City works to dry out after severe flooding: "Outside was like a lake"
After the family's deaths in 2021, the basement was turned ... Hoboken, New Jersey, and other cities and towns near New York City also experienced flooding. The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia ...
CBS News1y
Why is New York City so prone to flooding and how do other major cities prevent it?
NEW YORK-- Last week's historic flooding in the New York City area has raised three key questions: Why is New York so flood-prone, what's being done to prevent it and what are other cities doing?
NBC News1y
New York City could see historic flooding as up to 6 inches of rain pelts the Northeast
In some places, flooding was already occurring or imminent and causing severe delays to the subway system in New York City and other travel ... Ida on Sept. 1, 2021. Much of the area is forecast ...
The New York Times1y
Why New York City Keeps Flooding
When the city’s drainage network is overwhelmed, “it backs up,” experts said. By Patrick McGeehan and Hilary Howard All drainage systems have their limitations and New York City’s is 1.75 ...
The Washington Post1y
New York inundated with worst floods since 2021, but no deaths reported
29. (Video: The Washington Post) The flooding was the worst the city had seen since Hurricane Ida, whose intense downpours in 2021 killed more than 40 people across the New York region.
ABC News1y
New York City faces major flooding as heavy rain inundates region
Flash flood warnings were issued across all New York City boroughs. New York City is facing major flooding as heavy rain slams New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Flash flood ...
USA Today1y
New York flooding: Extreme weather drenches NYC, prompts airport delays, chaos
NEW YORK — Torrential rains and flooding overwhelmed roads ... rainfall from this storm could be New York City’s heaviest since Hurricane Ida in 2021,” AccuWeather chief meteorologist ...
The Verge1y
Why New York and other cities still aren’t prepared for floods
Even today, in New York City, they’re surprised. Officials have said this is the wettest day in NYC since Hurricane Ida hit in 2021. Flooding then killed more than a dozen people, many of whom ...