Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba
Santiago, Cuba. Photo source: ©© Potomo
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Nine months after Hurricane Sandy, the worst disaster to hit this city in eastern Cuban in decades, local residents say they are now better prepared for catastrophes. According to the authorities, every new …
Flood Insurance Costs May Soar For Hardest-Hit Sandy Victims
Aerial pictures of North Carolina’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU
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“George Kasimos has almost finished repairing flood damage to his waterfront home, but …
Rebuilding the Coastline, But at What Cost?
Aerial pictures of Mantoloking, New Jersey’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU
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Nearly seven months after Hurricane Sandy decimated the northeastern coastline, destroying houses …
Dispute in Hamptons Set Off by Effort to Hold Back Ocean
Construction of a large rock revetment, certainly one of the largest structure in the entire US designed to protect only one house. Learn more
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Soon after Hurricane Sandy hit last fall, Joshua Harris, a billionaire hedge fund founder and …
Superstorm Sandy Shook the U.S., Literally
New York City, Sandy storm. Photo source: ©© Zoriah
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When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of …
Rebuilding the Shores, Increasing the Risks
Oblique aerial photographs of Mantoloking, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge cut across the barrier island at Mantoloking, NJ, eroding a wide beach, destroying houses and roads, and depositing sand onto the island …
Post Sandy: The Jersey Shore’s Susceptibility to Major Storms
Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, NJ. Aerial pictures of New Jersey’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU
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Before Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the …
Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea Level Rise
Mantoloking, NJ. Aerial pictures of New Jersey’s coast, after superstorm Sandy devastated the area. Photo courtesy of: © Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) / WCU
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Images told the story: lower Manhattan in darkness, coastal communities washed …
How Arctic Ice May Have Influenced Superstorm Sandy
Oblique aerial photographs of Seaside Heights, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge destroyed the dunes and boardwalk, and deposited the sand on the island, covering roads. The red arrow points to a building …