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Flooding
atmospheric rivers
Feb. 1, 2023
L.A.’s ‘Green Alley’ Experiments Are Working
The city’s efforts to become flood- and drought-resilient are ready to be scaled up.
By
Alissa Walker
the city politic
Sept. 5, 2022
Why Are So Many of New York’s Basement Apartments Still Death Traps?
It’s been a year since floodwaters drowned 11 New Yorkers in their homes, but nothing has been done to stop it from happening again.
By
Errol Louis
getting around
July 19, 2022
We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the Flood
The water is winning.
By
Clio Chang
flooding
July 8, 2022
The City’s Inflatable-Dam Handout Is Essentially Useless
“Not everybody is a general contractor.”
By
Alissa Walker
flooding
Oct. 29, 2021
New York Needs to Become a City That Floods Now and Then
Climate-justice scholar Kian Goh on New York’s challenges nine years after Sandy.
By
Alissa Walker
housing
Oct. 27, 2021
There Are 30,000 Basement Apartments the City Doesn’t Know About
More than 5,000 are in East New York.
By
Caroline Spivack
infrastructure
Sept. 17, 2021
Climate Change Is Putting More Poop in New York’s Waters
A crappy side effect of all this rain.
By
Lauren Vespoli
streets
Sept. 14, 2021
We’re Falling Short on Even the Simplest Fix for Storm Flooding
Plugged-up drains should be the most straightforward problem to solve, and the city can’t keep up.
By
Diana Budds
hurricane ida
Sept. 10, 2021
What Went Wrong With NYC’s Emergency Alerts, and How Can We Do Better?
Contextual warnings, explicit directions, and better outreach before the storm could all help.
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
Sept. 2, 2021
Scenes from Ida’s Chaotic, Tragic Night in New York City
The bus driver stuck in raw sewage, a delivery worker who biked through a foot of water, and other stories from the flood.
getting around
Sept. 2, 2021
How Does An Elevated Highway in New York City Even Flood?
It’s a road that’s above ground. Shouldn’t it drain?
By
Alissa Walker
housing
Sept. 2, 2021
Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis
The most dangerous place to be last night was on the ground floor.
By
Kim Velsey
climate change
Sept. 2, 2021
New Orleans’s Levees Held Up This Time — But That’s Not Enough
No matter how tall you build a wall, a flood can go higher.
By
Jake Bittle
boring news
Jan. 21, 2021
Elon Musk’s Plan to Dig Car Tunnels Under Miami Is Filled With Holes
It’s the sinkhole capital of the United States, to start.
By
Alissa Walker
street view
Dec. 16, 2020
‘You’re Walking Backwards’: The $6 Billion Venice Floodgates May Not Be Enough
Proposed decades ago, they were not built for the coming sea rise.
By
Justin Davidson