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The Hudson River rises up and begins to claim part of what is normally dry land around the Riverdale Yacht Club as Hurricane Sandy targets New York in October 2012. The city’s planning department is rolling out a complete overhaul of the city’s floodplains to try and minimize the kind of damage storms like Sandy — and sea level rise in general — can create.

Don’t worry about new flood zones on the block

Usually when New York City talks about hurricanes, it’s usually preceded by “remnants of” or “formerly a.” But not Hurricane Sandy. It arrived in late October 2012 as a Category 1 hurricane — just a step above what is typically a less destructive tropical storm. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/6/20

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