Discover how New York City – overwhelmed in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy – has learned from that disaster, and must defend itself against rising seas and the next big storm. With 520 miles of shoreline and no coastal protection, engineers and urban planners are tackling the problem with urgency and creative engineering.
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[NARRATOR] Superstorm Sandy caught New York by surprise.
"We were a city with absolutely zero coastal protection."
[NARRATOR] Can we defend one of the world's greatest cities from
the next big storm and rising seas?
"If you get six feet of sea-level rise, it would be a catastrophic flood."
"We know what the problem is. We now have to prevent a
negative impact of climate change."
"I don't think the answer is retreat from all of lower Manhattan."
"Why don't we just look at this a whole new way?"
