Unfortunately, this was not a new experience. Over a dozen Queens residents lost their lives to Hurricane Ida in 2021, and extreme rainfall has become a regular occurrence across New York. The 2023 ...
April brought persistent rain to New York, making it one of the wettest Aprils on record for some cities, but not statewide.
While New York City leads in terms of the absolute number of people threatened by flood, more than 98 percent of New Orleans’ ...
More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most ...