Factoid/2010/09/07
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Manhattan's Vulnerability to a Big Storm Surge
- "The studies showed that a category 4 hurricane moving north-northwest at 40 to 60 miles an hour, and making landfall near Atlantic City -- which would drive the storm's most powerful right flank into Manhattan -- could create a storm surge of nearly 30 feet at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel." - excerpt from the New York Times article. More info.
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