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New Jersey family raises 1929 home to protect it from flooding

A New Jersey family home bought in 1929 has survived generations of change, but rising flood risks eventually forced its owner to rethink how it could be preserved. Located on Cedar Bonnet Island beside Barnegat Bay, the house narrowly escaped damage during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 because it had been…

The Times of India · 9h ago

Covering The Flood Insurance Gap: Reflections And Suggestions From An Industry Insider

One of the problems with flood insurance is that the premiums insurers can collect from policyholders usually fail to cover the vast damages caused by flooding.

International Business Times · Sep 17, 2024

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The Biden administration says it's releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer

The Independent UK · May 21, 2024

Editorial: Speed up climate resiliency spending now to avoid steep costs later

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged New York City, it stands as an example not only of the vulnerability of our public and private infrastructure to what is an ever more destructive climate, but our failure to have a swift and effective government response to looming crises.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Will post-Sandy repairs be enough for the next big storm?

After Superstorm Sandy struck the northeast U.S. in 2012, an unprecedented effort began to fortify the densely populated coastline against the next big storm

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Superstorm Sandy legacy: Recovery far from equal on NY shore

After Superstorm Sandy struck New York's Rockaway Peninsula, there was hope rebuilding efforts would give a long-awaited boost to neglected communities on the 11-mile strip

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Matthew Yglesias: Ron DeSantis and the rise of free-lunch conservatism

As a member of Congress, Ron DeSantis voted against providing federal financial assistance to New York and New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy. Now, as governor of Florida, he’s all for delivering federal money to his state.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

$52B storm gates eyed for NY-NJ waterways hit by Sandy

A decade after Superstorm Sandy pummeled New York and New Jersey in one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, the federal government is proposing a $52 billion plan to build movable barriers and gates across bays, rivers and other waterways in the two states hardest hit by the storm

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

As Maryland faces growing flood threats, retreat is an unpopular solution. What would it take to change that?

BALTIMORE — In nearly a decade since Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey’s shoreline, the Garden State has found opportunity in the tragedy: Instead of rebuilding and repairing entire communities, it spent $200 million to buy and demolish more than 700 homes so flood-weary residents could move to safer ground.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2022