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How New York improved its electric grid after Sandy
Now it’s pretty much expected that big storms might result in power outages, but with big storms like Sandy happening more ...
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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 ...
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These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.
Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest storm of the 2012 hurricane season ... the potential impacts of the flooding within Miami-Dade County, New York City, and the District of Columbia, respectively ...
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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 ...
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NYC’s largest post-Hurricane Sandy resiliency projects still not close to completion 10 years after storm
Flooding on South St. in lower Manhattan as people came out of shelter to see the damage that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City, Oct. 30, 2012. (Craig Warga / New York Daily News ...
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‘If We Wait, People Will Die’: New Yorkers Still Fend for Themselves in Storms
A decade after Hurricane Sandy prompted the city to invest ... The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time. “The idea that you could have ...
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NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn
The city that never sinks? New geological research warns that the weight of New York City’s skyscrapers is actually causing the Big Apple — whose more than 1 million buildings weigh nearly 1.7 ...
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Hurricane Sandy: Photos document catastrophe 10 years later
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy unleashed its devastation on New York City and the surrounding region ... Queens burned at least 50 homes to the ground as floods kept firefighters at bay.
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Post-Hurricane Sandy Projects Still Not Completed in NYC
(TNS) - Three of the largest climate resiliency projects undertaken by the city in the wake of Hurricane Sandy are nowhere ... resiliency projects — in New York City and throughout the rest ...
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Hoboken’s parks were redesigned to stop floods. Could New York City’s be next?
believes that Hoboken’s example could help NYC protect both its parks and its housing by turning green spaces into a form of storm management. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy flooded 80% of Hoboken ...
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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 ...