NASA Looks at Sea Level Rise, Hurricane Risks to New York City

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Hurricane Floyd swept across the mid-Atlantic states Sept. 14-18 1999 causing widespread flooding and damage. This is an imageanimation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite ...
Hurricane Floyd swept across the mid-Atlantic states, Sept. 14-18, 1999, causing widespread flooding and damage. This is an image/animation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Credit: NOAA/NCDC

New York City has been an area of concern during hurricane season for many years because of the large population and logistics. More than 8 million people live in the city, and it has hundreds of miles of coastline that are vulnerable to hurricane threats. Using computer climate models, scientists at NASA have looked at rising sea levels and hurricane storm surge and will report on them at a science meeting this week.


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