The threat will never go away; it will only worsen. By the end of the century a hundred-year storm surge like Sandy’s might occur every decade or less. Using a conservative prediction of a half ...
Although Sandy’s worst wind and waves narrowly missed Delaware one year ago Tuesday, public and private losses still rose into the tens of millions. And many state residents are adjusting to the new ...
Much of Sandy's wrecking power was due to an extreme storm surge that left large swaths of New York and New Jersey underwater. And with sea levels on the rise, flooding will only become more frequent.
Nature-based solutions such as newly constructed sand dunes absorb storm surge rather than deflect ... noted — they also protect Maine’s sandy beaches, which generate $2.6 billion of yearly ...