PBS: Hundreds of thousands of people could be forced from their homes, new report says. “We’re sounding the alarm, and we’re saying, ‘Hey, let’s take a look at this before people suffer,’” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design.
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Gothamist: One of the largest projects designed to protect Manhattan from a catastrophic flood has reached a new milestone with the opening of revamped parkland along the East River on the Lower East Side.
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Construction Equipment Guide: Meadowlands Stadium area in NJ prone to flooding; NJDEP’s $150M Rebuild by Design project aims to reduce flood risks & improve resilience in five towns. Projects include pump stations, riverfront park, and green infrastructure to address root causes of flooding and enhance community resilience. Funding sourced from HUD, FEMA, NOAA, and NJ
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As sea levels rise and storms intensify, New Jersey faces mounting risks to its people, homes, communities, and economy. Nearly 1.3 million New Jerseyans live in high flood risk areas; half of those people are lower income residents who may lack the resources to relocate out of harm’s way. By 2050, nearly 1 in 6
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NYC: “The first section of the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project is a unique achievement that was completed ahead of schedule and $10 million under budget,” said DDC Commissioner Thomas Foley. “Through this project we are protecting more than 110,000 Lower East Side residents from future flooding while providing beautiful parks and amenities
Kansas City Star: But a disaster here and a disaster there can add up. The “Atlas of Disaster,” a database from New York University, reveals that Kansas received $275 million in FEMA funds between 2011 and 2024. (Missouri received even more: $747 million.) Imagine all that money gone, and it starts to sting a bit.
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SI Live: The beach also has a fantastic view of the rock islands of the Living Breakwaters project in Raritan Bay. The rock islands aid in storm resiliency while at the same time providing a new habitat for marine life. Birdlife is also copious in the area, both in the air and on the water.
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Fast Company: According to a study published today by Rebuild by Design, an organization dedicated to using design solutions to solve complex urban problems, 70% of NYC parks will be flooded by 2100. The report comes on top of another recent study from the Regional Plan Association (RPA), which found that, by 2070, as many
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Associated Press: Disasters affect the vast majority of Americans — 95% live in a county that has had a federally declared weather disaster since 2011, said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit focused on disaster prevention. The BRIC program told communities, “We’re going to help your community be stronger ahead of time,”
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NY1: It’s become a regular occurrence here in New York City: A powerful rainstorm overwhelms the city’s infrastructure, causing flood damage and sometimes deaths — all because of an antiquated sewer system that was never designed to hold so much water at once. But what if the rainfall had somewhere else to go? “This water
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