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East Coast Rebuilding, But Vulnerable to Future Sandys
2013-04-17 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, local governments are rethinking how to best protect the U.S. coastline from storms and flooding, which appear likely to exert a larger toll as the result of sea level rise and climate change. The coast is now much less protected for the next storm, because Sandy's storm surge and winds destroyed dunes, flood walls and other barriers, said Joe Vietri, director of coastal and storm risk management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a news conference here...
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