Climate Adaptation
NYC Subway Seen Likely to Flood as Storms Rise on Climate Change
- 20% of NYC subway entrances are vulnerable to extreme rain
- Transit infrastructure unprepared for climate change: report
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New York City’s subway system is far from ready for climate change.
A report released Thursday by the Regional Plan Association predicted that the flooding of subway stations will become more frequent, with more than 20% of them at risk from storm surges like those that inundated the system during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.