A Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis of New York City’s inadequate storm drainage system shows that many urban areas can’t handle more intense rainfall
CLIMATEWIRE | It was the most intense rainfall in New York City history and caused the deaths of 11 people trapped in flooded basements.
The result could be a replay of the catastrophe that Ida caused in New York City, where a day of record-setting rainfall overwhelmed the drainage system. Water poured into city streets and inundated some of the city’s illegal and notoriously unsafe basement apartments. Although New York City faces unique risks with its surfeit of unsafe basement apartments, the FEMA reports make clear that the danger is ubiquitous as climate change threatens to overwhelm so many urban drainage systems.
Increasing the capacity of drainage systems is expensive and “may take decades,” FEMA’s reports say. They urge a range of improvements such as building rain gardens on roofs and sidewalks and installing street surfaces that are porous.
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