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New York May See Up to 15 Days of Flooding in Next Year as Sea Levels Rise
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Rainfall from Hurricane Ida floods the basement of a restaurant in the Bronx, New York, on Sept. 1, 2021.
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New York may face as many as 15 days of high-tide flooding in the next year, underscoring the city’s need to prepare for a growing threat of potentially deadly inundations linked to rising sea levels.
Floods that happen as a result of storm surges are now likely to happen during a full moon or with a change in currents or prevailing winds, officials with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday, when it announced its forecast. Last year the city experienced 13 flood days, the agency said.