In September 2021, Hurricane Ida barreled across the Caribbean and the U.S., causing $75 billion in damage and shocking New York City as 3 inches of rain fell in one hour. Extreme rain events like Ida or Hurricane Harvey are happening more often due to climate change, and many cities’ infrastructure and landscapes are not […]
NY1: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quietly announced earlier this month that it favors a plan to build several small flood gates at the mouths of New York City waterways to prevent storm surges from inundating urban areas — instead of constructing massive barriers that would span the Narrows waterway or the mouth to the area’s
Army Corps prefers small flood gates to large storm surge barriers Read More »
Bloomberg: New York City was hit with an estimated $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. The historic storm displaced thousands of residents from flooded homes, inundated subway tunnels, and left much of Manhattan in darkness. But when B.J. Jones talks about that disaster, he often focuses on a less
Behind a Billion-Dollar Bid to Save Lower Manhattan Read More »
Planet Citizen: Writing in Bloomberg CityLab, Patrick Sisson reports on efforts to protect Battery Park City from catastrophic flooding like the kind that devastated parts of New York during Hurricane Sandy. As Sisson writes, local residents want authorities to remember that “amid the high-rises, there’s a real neighborhood here in this low-lying area at the southern tip
In Battery Park City, Public Infrastructure Meets Climate Resilience Read More »
Tap: New Jersey’s recently signed $50.6 billion fiscal budget includes $100 million for the state Department of Environment Protection’s ongoing flood mitigation project along the Hudson River, funding that Hoboken says will be used to construct a resiliency park. Rebuild by Design, which broke ground last year, aims to protect flood prone areas, including the entire City
Rebuild By Design: Harborside Park Construction To Begin In 2023, Hoboken Says Read More »
SI Advance: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled through New York City, Staten Island saw levels of rainfall not witnessed in recent memory. Residents in parts of the borough spared from the worst of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath now found themselves vulnerable to a different type of flooding. A report issued last Wednesday by Rebuild by Design and One
NY1: Darinko Mrvica and his family have lived in his well-manicured brick home in Whitestone, Queens, for 40 years. The basement floods about every four, he said. During Hurricane Ida, water from the intense rainfall spilled over the top of his sunken driveway, climbing halfway up his garage doors and causing one of them to
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City Limits: The Adams administration released a plan Thursday to address heavy rainfall in the immediate lead-up to and aftermath of an extreme weather event—nearly a year after Hurricane Ida, when flash-flooding took the lives of 13 New Yorkers. As part of the new initiative, dubbed Rainfall Ready NYC, the city updated its flood maps and outlined
City Releases ‘Band-Aid’ Plan for Coping With Heavy Rainfall Read More »
NY Daily News Opinion, by Amy Chester and Lot Locher: Last summer, back-to-back heavy rainfalls broke two records 10 days apart, leaving 13 New Yorkers dead. This week, Mayor Adams unveiled a new interactive flood map and action plan so that all New Yorkers can reduce their own risk to heavy rainfall. As climate change brings with it even
Rainproofing New York City is an achievable goal Read More »
Longmont Times-Call: The Boulder County commissioners this week approved an initial slate of 10 projects to address disparities exposed by the pandemic using American Rescue Plan Act relief money. Projects include providing direct cash assistance to families with young children, creating a new mental health services navigation hub and supporting affordable housing projects. The projects, totaling
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