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Latest developments as New York City is hit by flash floods and ... the remnants of Hurricane Ida dropped record-breaking rain on the Northeast and killed at least 13 people in New York City, most ...
Jennifer Toth's 1993 book The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City, [4] written while she was an intern at the Los Angeles Times, was promoted as a true account of travels in the tunnels and interviews with tunnel dwellers. The book helped canonize the image of the mole people as an ordered society living literally under ...
Rains cause catastrophic flooding in Long Island. In New York's Suffolk County, where up to 10 inches fell over the weekend, major flooding tore apart roads, pushed a dam and bridge to failure ...
Both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams put New York City under a state of emergency as cars bobbed in floodwaters and basements flooded, with the FDNY rescuing people imperiled by the surging ...
Flooding, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during Hurricane Sandy. Flooding was the second highest cause of weather related fatalities in the United States in 2018. [12] The projected 11-21 inches of sea level rise in New York City by 2050 [13] and 4.17–9 feet by 2100 [14] will compound the impacts of coastal flooding.
At least 43 people died in New York City as a result of the storm, and 53 in the state. Thousands of homes and an estimated 250,000 vehicles were destroyed during the storm, and the economic losses in New York City were estimated to be roughly $19 billion [3] with an estimated $32.8 billion required for restoration across the state. [4]
Following the floods, New York governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the five boroughs of New York City, as well as parts of the Hudson Valley and Long Island. New York City mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency for the city. [67] [33] The New York Army National Guard was deployed. [68]
Around 23 million people across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were under flood watches on Friday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island and ...