Hurricane flooding threatens access to New York|area hospitals ...

Hurricane flooding threatens access to New York-area hospitals ...

A relatively weak hurricane could inundate roughly 20% of hospitals and 19% of hospital beds if it makes landfall in the New York area, the ...

Study identifies hundreds of hospitals on Atlantic and Gulf coasts at ...

In 18 metro areas, at least half of the roads within one mile of hospitals were at risk of flooding from a Category 2 storm. Flooded roads have ...

Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in 'Weak' Hurricanes ...

Projected sea level rise is expected to increase the odds of coastal hospital flooding by 22 percent by the end of the century, according to the ...

Many hospitals are at risk of flooding from hurricanes, study finds

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach — FL (38, or 77.6% of hospitals) · New York-Newark-Jersey City — NY, NJ, PA (25, or 19.5% of hospitals) ...

Hundreds of Hospitals on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts at Risk of ...

Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in 'Weak' Hurricanes, Study Finds (The New York Times); Hundreds of hospitals at risk of ...

Study Finds Hurricanes Could Flood Hundreds of Hospitals on East ...

Study Finds Hurricanes Could Flood Hundreds of Hospitals on East, Gulf Coasts · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · New York-Newark-Jersey ...

What Hurricane Ida and Superstorm Sandy taught us about flooding ...

Food pantries flooded and lost inventory. Power outages stranded older adults and those with mobility access needs in high-rises, cutting off ...

Hundreds of hospitals on Atlantic and Gulf coasts at risk of flooding ...

Climate change expected to increase hospital flooding risk by 22% this century · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · New York-Newark- ...

Hundreds of hospitals at risk of flooding from hurricanes, Harvard ...

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach — Fla. · New York-Newark-Jersey City — N.Y., N.J., Pa. · Boston-Cambridge-Newton — Mass., N.H. (6, or 15 ...

More Hospitals at Risk of Flooding from Hurricanes - Safety

Nearly 50 percent of hospitals along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of flooding from a Category 2 hurricane, according to a study ...

New study evaluates hurricane, flooding risks to coastal hospitals

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area is the third-most at risk in terms of metro areas where a Category 2 hurricane threatens access to ...

Spatial disparities in flood vulnerability in New York City - Anand

Background: Flooding in New York City is an increasing challenge. Recent storm events, such as Hurricane Ida, brought flash floods to the city ...

Hurricane-resistant hospital built in NYC after Superstorm Sandy ...

NEW YORK – South Brooklyn Health unveiled a new hurricane-resistant, climate-proof facility nearly 11 years after flooding from Superstorm ...

This New NYC Hospital Is Designed to Be Hurricane-Proof - Gizmodo

Ten years after Hurricane Sandy flooded the emergency room at the old Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, a new, climate-resilient hospital has ...

Safe from the Storm: Creating Climate-Resilient Health Care Facilities

It was New York City, 29 October 2012. Hurricane Sandy forced the evacuation of more than 6,400 patients from six hospitals and 31 ...

Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious ...

Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Fla. · New York-Newark-Jersey City, ...

The Latest Plan to Protect New York City from Storm Surges

Coastal Brooklyn, Queens, Southern Manhattan and Staten Island were hit hard by the onslaught of water. Located in vulnerable, low-lying areas, ...

In Hurricane's Wake, Decisions Not to Evacuate Hospitals Raise ...

New York's hospitals and nursing homes continue to deal with the impact of the storm. On Thursday morning, two days after the winds subsided, ...

Floods render NYC hospitals powerless - Times Leader

(AP) There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York. And yet two of the ...

How rising sea levels will affect New York City, America's most ...

Residents stand in front of a building on a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy, Oct. ... Rising seas threaten lives and jeopardize access to ...