New York to be first major city with flood maps based on climate change factors

Jan 8, 2018 |

A Howard Beach home after Hurricane Sandy, photo courtesy of Pamela Andrade’s Flickr For the first time since 1983, the Federal Emergency Mangement Agency is redrawing New York’s flood maps, taking into account the consequences of climate change like rising sea levels and stronger storms. With hundreds of miles of coastline and a growing number […more]

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