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Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...

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New Yorkers are taking notice as the city’s aging subway system battles with more downpours and the threat of Sandy-like floods.

New York began studying the lessons of Sandy almost immediately, and then drafting a series of plans — and then revised plans — to adapt for the future.

It has been ten years since Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc in much of the Mid-Atlantic region and many other places. Sandy was no ordinary hurricane. She came very late in the hurricane season, but ...

A year ago, New York's MTA took action to prevent the worst effects of flooding from Superstorm Sandy.

Super Storm Sandy in 2012 resulted in extensive flooding damage to the New York City (NYC) Transit subway system.

After Hurricane Sandy devastated New York and flooded its subway system in 2012, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) knew it needed to act. The storm caused an estimated $5 billion in ...