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New York flood protection faces tough path and costs
In a broad look at flood defense lessons, experts cite New York must learn from Houston and other cities. Subways and tunnels could gain gates, berms, and higher electrical vaults while funding struggles complicate protecting the region from storms like Sandy.
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Houston
Bangkok
Washington, D.C
Potomac River
New York Harbor
West Virginia University
Phil Bedient
Rice University
Allison
Sandy
New York Area
William Coulbourne
Delaware
New York City
Islands
Rohit
Rit
Aggarwala
New New York
Lower Manhattan
Larry Buss
Army Corps of Engineers
Buss
Gulf of Mexico
Katrine
Texas Medical Center
Ed Tucker
Medical
Tucker
TMC
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Authority
Queens
Projjal Dutta
MTA
Dutta
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel