1/6/2024 0 Comments New fema flood zone maps![]() These include advances in real-time flood sensor systems, sophisticated hydrological models, and high-resolution satellite monitoring. Now, as the US federal government embarks on a historic nationwide infrastructure buildout, researchers, nonprofit organizations, and geographic information system (GIS) specialists are harnessing new technology to improve understanding of where flooding is likely and to better rank investments in resiliency. Estimates suggest that by the 2050s, sea level rise and inland floods could impact 1 of every 10 people on earth and cost cities over $1 trillion. In the US, 90 percent of natural disasters involve a flood, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), making flooding the most frequent and the most expensive natural disaster in the country. These impacts underscore the growing threat climate change poses to cities like New York, especially to their most vulnerable residents. The ferocious remnants of Hurricane Ida dropped more than three inches of rain in an hour, submerging streets and subways, and killing 11 people in flooded basement apartments. It took only 48 hours for Hurricane Sandy to overwhelm coastal neighborhoods, killing 44 people, damaging, or destroying 70,000 housing units, and leaving behind $19 billion in damages. ![]() ![]() New Yorkers are tough, but they’re no match for an ever-weirder, ever-fiercer climate. ![]()
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