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Ida Delivers New York a Wake-up Call on Climate Change from THE CITY - All RSS feed.

Ida Delivers New York a Wake-up Call on Climate Change

THE CITY - All
Major Deegan Expwy from above 225th St on Thursday morning, September 2, 2021.
The Major Deegan Expressway from above 225th Street on Sept. 2, 2021 | Claudia Irizarry Aponte/ THE CITY

The fierce remnants of Hurricane Ida, which pounded New York nearly nine years after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc, offered more grim reminders that climate change is now a life-or-death issue for the city. As New Yorkers grapple with devastating loss, THE CITY tracks what threatens to be Ida’s long wake.