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New York City
fromCity & State NY
2 weeks ago

The multi-billion effort to stop New York from going underwater

New York is constructing multiple large-scale coastal resilience projects—East Side Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery, and others—with billions in funding to protect shoreline from future storms.
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Renovation
fromMiami Herald
1 month ago

Raze or save? A fight over fate of home in flood-prone South Beach historic district

Historic preservation and flood protection conflict in South Florida over a 1930s house in a flood-prone area.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'You can't have businesses left so vulnerable to disasters' - Cork salon owners plead for flood defence scheme

HS2 beauty salon in Midleton suffered €250,000 damage from Storm Babet flooding.
New York City
fromsilive
2 months ago

'It's become a big city': NYC engineer reflects on decades-long work helping Staten Island

A new $84 million project on Staten Island aims to protect coastal areas from flooding through improved stormwater drainage.
Upper West Side
fromGothamist
3 months ago

Section of East River Park reopens after being lifted to fight floods

The East River Park has reopened as part of a $1.5 billion flood protection project for Manhattan.
US news
fromsubscriber.politicopro.com
4 months ago

New Hospitals, Schools and Apartments Will Have to Meet Stronger Building Codes for Flooding

New building codes require hospitals and schools to have stronger flood protection.
The International Code Council has approved major revisions to flood safety standards for construction.
Renovation
fromFuturism
4 months ago

Brothers Build Clever System to Keep Their Family Home Dry While Everything Around It Floods

The Humphrey brothers constructed levees to protect their home from severe flooding during a catastrophic storm in Tennessee.
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