The map is a fascinating representation of the protection geography and meteorology gives the millions of people who live in the mid-Atlantic region.

Buildings in the area suffered in turn, as increasingly high floodwaters drowned people’s homes. To figure out the "human-contributed" costs, the team used a technique called hydrodynamic modeling to ...

Hurricane Sandy impacted Pennsylvania when it raced up the East Coast and made a rare turn toward New Jersey in October 2012. Sandy devastated the Garden State, leaving at least 38 dead ...

Much of the money was to go toward flood mitigation in vulnerable areas of New York City that were struck hard by Hurricane Sandy and the remnants of Hurricane Ida. By Benjamin Oreskes Dana ...