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  • Awaiting the Next Storm: Staten Island Balances Long-Term Planning, Short-Term Needs

    SI FEMA

    Staten Island after Sandy; Nov. 9, 2012 (photo: Walter Jennings via FEMA)

    Just over half of the deaths caused by Superstorm Sandy, 22 to be exact, occurred on Staten Island's East and South shores, as the storm's waves battered homes and swept some off their foundations.

    Now the island is in a race against time to prepare for the next major coastal storm. Multi-million dollar resiliency projects are coming to Staten Island, from a sea wall on its East Shore to the expansion of innovative "natural drainage corridors."

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