![]() ![]() The Adams administration just announced the completion of a sewage project begun by the de Blasio administration to alleviate flooding in Queens. The city spent $5 billion on Sandy-related recovery and resilience projects. As Gizmodo noted, in the years since Sandy, the MTA has installed flex gates and drainage systems. The changes we’ve seen have been more modest. One told Gizmodo that fixing subway flooding would require addressing built infrastructure as a whole, and that solutions would amount to a systemic transformation of the landscape: “reducing paved surfaces, planting trees, daylighting underground streams, creating more parks and green roofs.” It’s the kind of thing that requires cooperation from federal, state, and city governments and a staggering amount of funding. These were different “weather events” - Sandy caused a huge coastal surge, whereas Ida brought torrential flash floods - but they both overwhelmed the city and especially its transit system.Įxperts warned that we would only continue to see storms with more extreme rainfall absent radical intervention, the drama of a city transformed by water would dull into something more routine. Those speeches and recommendations sounded a lot like what happened after Superstorm Sandy, which shut down the trains for several days in 2012. “Mother Nature is not going to wait for us to build out a 20-year plan,” Eric Adams, then–Democrat mayoral nominee, said at the time. Officials at the time made somber speeches about urgency and a need to make the city more climate-resilient. Last summer’s Hurricane Ida killed 11 people in basement apartments and shut down every subway line, requiring rider evacuations. 6BALEZJY5n- Moshe Schwartz July 18, 2022 WATERFALL: Heavy rain flooding the NYC subway system. This morning A train service is suspended above 181st street because of flooding on the tracks last night. New York seems to have decided that the floods won. The spectacle used to feel shocking now it’s more of a genre. (A woman captured the view on her nearby block: The rain swallowed her stoop as cars slowly rolled by, their tires submerged.) In Washington Heights, the cascading stream down the steps at 157th Street and Broadway looked almost beautiful, like a subterranean waterfall. Inwood saw some of the worst of it, and A-train service north of 181st Street was suspended overnight. The rain was heavy on Monday, and the scene at Dyckman Street was familiar: a rush of water pouring into a subway station from the ceiling and flooding the tracks. Officials say to monitor forecasts for possible flood warnings, and those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared for it.The 149th Street station after Hurricane Ida. The DHSES is also providing sandbags and water pumps to mitigate flood impacts in areas that were devastated by last week’s flooding. The governor on Saturday directed the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services to pre-deploy a high-axle response vehicle and a swift water rescue team to its stockpile near Orange County for any needed rapid responses. Hochul says her administration is looking to secure more funding for those in Orange County who were hardest hit during last week’s storm. “What we saw last week was a 1,000-year rain event, and if those are going to become more normal, even if it's a 100-year event, homeowners are not prepared, they don’t have the money in their pockets and their bank accounts and their expected to cover these costs themselves," she said. ![]() I’ve also spoken with Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, & Suffolk County Executives. ![]() We're ready to deploy thousands of workers & have offered to assist New York City & all impacted counties. More rain is coming & we'll be there to help. The governor says conversations need to be had on how to make flood insurance more affordable and accessible for New Yorkers as extreme weather events become more common. They are the bullseye of what we think is going to happen again throughout this day and through the night." “It has left so many business owners and families and homeowners just in a state of shock. “I surveyed the damage personally,” Hochul said. Hochul on Friday requested a major disaster declaration from President Joe Biden to aid with recovery from the storm. The governor says over $50 million in damages have been estimated from last week’s severe rain and flooding. It comes just a week after heavy rainfall caused major flooding in different regions all across the state. □️ A tornado watch is in effect for Long Island, Putnam, & Westchester counties. □️ New York City and parts of the Mid-Hudson region are under a flash flood warning. ⚠️ The entire eastern region of New York is under a flood watch. ![]()
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