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See which states have suffered the most major weather disasters since 2011

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CNBC: Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday that calls for urgent investment in climate adaptation and hazard mitigation. During that same period, 29 states on average endured at least one federally declared disaster, according […]

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New York received over $26B in disaster relief in last decade, topping other states

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Politico: NEW YORK — The state has received more than $26 billion in federal relief over the last decade to recover from natural disasters, the most of any state, according to a new report calculating the national economic toll wrought from climate change. New York, Texas and Florida — three of the four largest states

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9 in 10 US counties have experienced a climate disaster in the last decade, report finds

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Grist: Ninety percent of all counties in the United States have experienced a weather disaster over the past decade, and these climate-fueled events have caused more than $740 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate adaptation group Rebuild by Design. The “Atlas of Disaster,” a first-of-its-kind study published on Wednesday, analyzes a decade

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90 percent of all US counties experienced climate disaster: research

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The Hill: The vast majority of U.S. counties have experienced a climate disaster in the past decade, according to a new report from Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit aimed at helping communities recover from disasters. Between 2011 and 2021, 90 percent of counties experienced a climate disaster that received a federal disaster declaration. Some experienced as

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FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND SEAPORT CLIMATE RESILIENCE MASTER PLAN 10-YEAR UPDATE

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In response to the 2019 Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study, in December 2021, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, a “blueprint for comprehensive flood defense infrastructure to protect Lower Manhattan from the urgent threat of climate change,” including

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BROOKLYN BRIDGE MONTGOMERY COASTAL RESILIENCE (BMCR) 10-YEAR UPDATE

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In the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resilience (BMCR) project will install a combination of flood walls and deployable flip-up barriers along the waterfront from the Brooklyn Bridge to Montgomery Street, to protect the neighborhood from projected 100-year storm surge in the 2050s, while maintaining access and visibility to the

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THE BIG U 10-YEAR UPDATE

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The vision for the BIG U that began with the Rebuild by Design competition has given way to the planning, design, and implementation of various sections of this continuous flood infrastructure spanning multiple community boards. The funded plans span from East 25th Street on the East Side to Chambers Street on the West Side, for

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