The city's buildings, which weight a whopping 1.68 trillion pounds, are causing the city to sink a few millimeters each year. Combined
Construction cranes sit on the top of the new headquarters of JPMorgan Chase as the sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City on April 25, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy inundated much of Lower Manhattan with seawater, while in 2021, heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed drainage systems because of heavy runoff.
"New York is emblematic of growing coastal cities all over the world that are observed to be subsiding," the study says. "Meaning there is a shared global challenge of mitigation against a growing inundation hazard."FOX 5 News looks at how things have changed since Hurricane Sandy tore through the New York City region, causing billions of dollars in damage.
The study also warns that in the years since Hurricane Sandy, New York City still hasn't done enough to prepare itself for potential future flooding. "New York City is ranked third in the world in terms of future exposed assets to coastal flooding, and 90% of the 67,400 structures in the expanded post-Hurricane-Sandy flood risk areas have not been built to floodplain standards," the paper reads.
With 70% of the world's population expected to be living in cities by 2050, increasing urbanization will drive construction and is likely to exacerbate subsidence, which, combined with accelerating sea level rise, could cause major flood hazards in coastal cities across the globe.that I have read and agree
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