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New York’s floods weren’t a one-off — here’s how the city is preparing for the future
Oct 12, 2023
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/04/new-york-city-flood-infrastructure-climate-chief.html
As New York residents and business owners recover their drenched and damaged properties from Friday’s flash floods, city and state officials are confronting the reality that extreme weather is no longer just a passing phenomenon.
“There’s no question that the rain on Friday is part of a pattern that is directly linked to climate change,” New York City Chief Climate Officer Rohit Aggarwala told CNBC in an interview.
He grew up in New York when winters were snowy and summers were hot but bearable. He said today’s New York reminds him more of Miami than the place he remembers from childhood.