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A decade after Sandy, hurricane flood maps reveal New York's climate future
Superstorm Sandy hit New York City on October 29, 2012 and was the deadliest storm of that hurricane season ... of New Yorkers directly threatened by flooding could more than double from about ...
The Financial Times2y
New York labours to raise flood defences a decade after Hurricane Sandy
“It’s a good visual besides looking at maps of flood plain elevation.” Saturday marks 10 years since Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York City, killing 43 residents, causing $19bn in ...
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 ...
Gothamist2y
10 years after Hurricane Sandy hit NYC, memories come flooding back
Hurricane Sandy will go down in history as one of ... it turned streets into rivers and basements into swimming pools. In New York City, the disaster killed more than 40 people and caused billions ...
New York Post1y
Meet the New Yorkers choosing to live on its flood-prone coasts
The city’s online Flood Hazard Mapper shows areas ... “I defy anyone to tell me New York City is ready for the next Hurricane Sandy,” city councilman Justin Brannan, who represents Bay ...
Grist2y
A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of
When Superstorm Sandy ... surge into New York City’s harbor, sweeping across the Brooklyn and Queens waterfronts and wiping entire neighborhoods off the map in Staten Island. Flooding knocked ...
Climate Crisis 247 on MSN19d
Flood Threat In New Orleans, New York
New Orleans is the area of the US most likely to experience well above-average appreciation, which occurs just as hurricane season begins. The other area likely to have well above-average ...
The New York Times2y
Why Is New York Still Building on the Waterfront?
There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water. By Ginia Bellafante Ginia Bellafante writes the Big City column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture ...
THE WEEK1y
Why New York City was caught off guard by flash flooding
New York City's infrastructure was built ... account for the recent extreme rainfall and flash flooding caused by Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, or, more recently, Hurricane Ida.
OPB2y
A decade after Sandy, hurricane flood maps reveal New York’s climate future
The Washington Houses is a 15-building complex operated by the New York City ... Hurricane Sandy. Scott Heins for WNYC/Gothamist Future storms, coupled with sea level rise from climate change ...
WUNC2y
A decade after Sandy, hurricane flood maps reveal New York's climate future
Superstorm Sandy hit New York City on October ... but was unharmed during Hurricane Sandy. Future storms, coupled with sea level rise from climate change, will flood even more low-income New ...