The storm has laid bare how vulnerable the Big Apple's aging infrastructure is to extreme weather events that are intensified by climate change.
A report from the comptroller's office found that the city had spent only 73% of the $15 billion in federal grant funding given to the city after Hurricane Sandy as of June 2022. Most of the city's own capital contributions to resilience projects had gone unused.This flash-flooding incident and Hurricane Ida have added new concern, Yeung said in an interview.
most of which aren't legal residences or known to the city. The comptroller's office found tens of thousands of basements were at risk of flooding and suggested the city register basement dwellings, require safety inspections and take steps to protect occupants, like installing valves that prevent sewer water from rising into cellars.
"There are huge amounts of impermeable surfaces in highly urbanized areas, which means water cannot seep underground, which creates a lot of runoff and urban flooding," she said. New York City Department of Environmental Protection workers attempt to clear blocked drains after heavy rains as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia bring flooding across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, at the FDR Drive in Manhattan near the Williamsburg bridge, in New York City, U.S., September 29, 2023."I don't expect every problem can be solved in just a couple of years, but it is getting better," she said. "It is the right track, but it's not enough, for sure.
Bowen, from Gallagher Re, said most New Yorkers do not carry flood insurance on their properties, which puts their communities at risk.
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