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Solis pocket video12/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard said she has instructed all Mount Vernon agencies to "take whatever steps necessary at all affected locations to protect life, property and public infrastructure." "Due to the flooding in Hoboken and throughout the tri-state area, I urge residents to stay off roads and only travel if it is essential, especially during the evening rush hour when we anticipate more rain," Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement. More communities in the tri-state area - Mount Vernon and Westchester County in New York, and Hoboken in New Jersey - have declared a state of emergency and are asking residents to take precaution. “The reality staring city leaders in the face, including in places like New York, is that the climate is getting more extreme, more unpredictable and requiring more investment,” said Joseph Kane, a fellow who focuses on infrastructure at the Brookings Institute, a nonprofit think tank. ![]() Subways, regional rail lines and air travel was suspended or severely delayed, and at least one school in Brooklyn was evacuated during the storm. A number of roads were closed, cars were submerged and several city buses were trapped as a result of flash flooding. Heavy rainfall of up to 2.5 inches per hour were reported in some of the hardest-hit places. And more than a decade after Hurricane Sandy forced officials to rethink the meaning of climate resilience in New York City, it appears there’s still much to be done. ![]() The storm, which hit just two years after flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered the five boroughs and killed at least 13 people in the city, laid bare how vulnerable the Big Apple’s aging infrastructure is to extreme weather events that are intensified by climate change. ![]()
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