New York Times (January 25)
“A massive snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast moved out to sea on Sunday, leaving 28 people dead, near-record snowfall in some major cities and heavy flooding along the coast.” With over 30 inches (76 cm) of snow in some places, this ranks as New York’s second highest snowfall since 1869. Some areas received even more, with West Virginia recording over 40 inches (101 cm).
Tags: Dead, East coast, Flooding, New York, Record, Snowfall, Snowstorm, U.S., West Virginia
Washington Post (December 2)
“The world’s oceans are rising 60 percent faster than the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change anticipated five years ago…. A five-foot rise would produce Sandy-like floods in New York every 15 years, on average.” The entire east coast “will have to wrestle with the question of which coastal areas are worth protecting — by raising land, lengthening beaches, heightening homes or building sea walls to keep the water out — and which aren’t.”
Tags: East coast, IPCC, Oceans, Sandy, Seal walls, U.N.
