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Technically, that New York City flood was “mild”

If we want to understand the full picture of climate-fueled flood risk to New York City, we can’t just look at rainfall.

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Arielle Samuelson
Oct 04, 2023
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A person pushes a barricade in Flatbush, Brooklyn amid the coastal storm on September 29, 2023. Source: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

If you read the news or scrolled social media this weekend, you probably heard that New York City experienced record-breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding on Friday. 

You probably heard that LaGuardia Airport shut …

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