Judy Huynh

SI Live: The much-anticipated construction completion celebration of the Living Breakwaters project may have been dampened by rain on Sept. 28, but not the spirits of the determined attendees who showed up Saturday afternoon to honor a decade of hard work and community collaboration.

6sqft: After over a decade of effort, a coastal resilience project designed to protect Staten Island shores with livable habitats for sea creatures is complete. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the completion of Living Breakwaters, an $111 million project creating 2,400 feet of breakwaters to safeguard homes and businesses in Tottenville from future extreme

New York State: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Living Breakwaters, an innovative $111 million project designed to improve coastal resilience by decreasing the impact of storm waves and erosion along the coast of Staten Island.

Bis Now: There are simply fewer places today that don’t face some risk from hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, winter storms or other natural disasters.  “It’s not just the coastal areas, Florida and coastal Texas, Louisiana, California,” Lombardo said, pointing to a report from the nonprofit Rebuild by Design that found that 90% of U.S. counties experienced a severe

Insurance Rate Reporter: Rebuild by Design, a research project from New York University (NYU), recently published the Atlas of Accountability interactive map. The atlas is available online, allowing users to search an address or select a county to see how many federal disasters have hit that area from 2011 to 2023. They can also view

The Xylom: Although Georgia has seen the lowest number of major disaster declarations over the last decade among the Southeastern states, data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense. The state saw more than twice as many severe storms in 2023 than any other