{"id":504742,"date":"2022-10-29T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T07:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ten-years-after-sandy-atlantic-city-still-suffering-floods\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T07:57:10","slug":"ten-years-after-sandy-atlantic-city-still-suffering-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-years-after-sandy-atlantic-city-still-suffering-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af7a686e180d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af7a686e180d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-years-after-sandy-atlantic-city-still-suffering-floods\/#%E2%80%9CTen_years_after_Sandy_Atlantic_City_still_suffering_floods%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTen_years_after_Sandy_Atlantic_City_still_suffering_floods%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/atlantic-city-where-fl.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/atlantic-city-where-fl.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Atlantic City, where flooding is still a near-daily part of life a decade post-Sandy.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/atlantic-city-where-fl.jpg\" alt=\"Atlantic City, where flooding is still a near-daily part of life a decade post-Sandy\" title=\"Atlantic City, where flooding is still a near-daily part of life a decade post-Sandy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Atlantic City, where flooding is still a near-daily part of life a decade post-Sandy.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A decade after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the US east coast, the seaside town Atlantic City has fortified its famous boardwalk that narrowly divides casinos and the ocean.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>But in certain neighborhoods, flooded streets have become routine.<\/p>\n<p>North of the city dubbed the Vegas of the East Coast, a new stretch of boardwalk is protected from crashing waves by a rock barrier and a seawall, a $60 million project completed in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Further inland stands a wasteland of sorts, where a few buildings still tower, survivors of the deadly storm&#8217;s devastation.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Rutala, a private planning consultant for the city, said the tens of millions in investment in the shoreline have &#8220;provided tremendous protection&#8221; and could accommodate new construction. <\/p>\n<p>Founded in the 19th century as a spa resort, Atlantic City feted its golden age during the Prohibition era in the 1920s, a haven for revelers and the high-rolling mob before it later became a tourist destination thanks to its nightclubs and casinos.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Economic generator&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The city immortalized in song by Bruce Springsteen has always benefited from its spot on the sea, but the threat of rising waters has made the area increasingly vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>On October 29, 2012, Sandy\u2014which left more than 100 people in the United States dead\u2014caused serious damage to nine percent of homes in Atlantic City, according to the state of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/a-plaque-marking-the-h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/a-plaque-marking-the-h.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A plaque marking the height of the water when Sandy struck Atlantic City in 2012, seen at the Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/a-plaque-marking-the-h.jpg\" alt=\"A plaque marking the height of the water when Sandy struck Atlantic City in 2012, seen at the Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House\" title=\"A plaque marking the height of the water when Sandy struck Atlantic City in 2012, seen at the Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A plaque marking the height of the water when Sandy struck Atlantic City in 2012, seen at the Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city of some 40,000 people is &#8220;a tremendous economic generator,&#8221; said Rutala, where 35 percent of residents live in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Further south, where hotels, casinos and restaurants populate the seaside, some of the shoreline was able to weather Sandy thanks to beaches and artificial dunes that the Army Corps of Engineers had constructed, with millions of cubic meters of sand washed offshore.<\/p>\n<p>Without them &#8220;water would be l<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing up against the boardwalk,&#8221; said Kimberly McKenna, the associate director of the Stockton University Coastal Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;at some point, we&#8217;re either gonna run out of sand, or it&#8217;ll be too expensive to keep up,&#8221; said the geologist.<\/p>\n<p><b>High-tide flooding<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Heading a little deeper toward the back of the bay shows just how quickly the water that&#8217;s made Atlantic City a tourist hotspot can become a handicap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/an-aerial-view-of-the.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/an-aerial-view-of-the.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An aerial view of the neighborhood Chelsea Heights in Atlantic City.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/an-aerial-view-of-the.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the neighborhood Chelsea Heights in Atlantic City\" title=\"An aerial view of the neighborhood Chelsea Heights in Atlantic City.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                An aerial view of the neighborhood Chelsea Heights in Atlantic City.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Every time it rains, any rain other than a light rain will cause a flood on this street,&#8221; said lifelong resident Thomas Gitto.<\/p>\n<p>The 62-year-old retiree worked for decades in the casinos, and has always lived on the same street of modest homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We even have a joke\u2014it says that if it just gets cloudy, it will flood. And it&#8217;s true. Because anytime we have like a full moon, or some kind of storm coming, the water comes up through the sewer, and the street will flood all the way up to the porch and sometimes it even comes inside the house,&#8221; Gitto told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The high-tide floods are likely to become increasingly common as sea levels rise due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic City should expect to experience such inundations between 17 and 75 days per year by 2030, compared to less than once a year in 1950, according to a 2019 study by Rutgers University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/freddie-restrepo-in-fr.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/freddie-restrepo-in-fr.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Freddie Restrepo in front of his Atlantic City home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy a decade ago.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/freddie-restrepo-in-fr.jpg\" alt=\"Freddie Restrepo in front of his Atlantic City home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy a decade ago\" title=\"Freddie Restrepo in front of his Atlantic City home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy a decade ago.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Freddie Restrepo in front of his Atlantic City home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy a decade ago.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Chelsea Heights neighborhood, Freddie Restrepo and his sister Paula, immigrants from Colombia, lost both of their side-by-side homes to Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>After 10 years and a number of mishaps, they have only been able to rebuild the walls and foundations that are now raised, similar to a number of properties in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Today, according to Restrepo, the street frequently floods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" alt=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here\" title=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City&#8217;s Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>&#8216;A lot worse&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nearby at his tavern Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House, co-owner Elvis Cadavid says &#8220;things have just gotten a lot worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re well aware of when the flooding is going to happen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we deal with it, we postpone openings, we sometimes close early. If it&#8217;s really bad, we might close for the day, we might lose a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rutala said the city, cognizant of its weak spots, started renovating its drainage system and has constructed several bulkheads bordering the interior bay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/streets-frequently-flo.jpg\" alt=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here\" title=\"Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City's Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Streets frequently flood in Atlantic City&#8217;s Chelsea Heights neighborhood, shown here.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[PIC=1048718:left]Since Sandy, more than 300 homeowners in Atlantic City\u2014and more than 7,000 in New Jersey\u2014have received aid on average of more than $120,000 to rebuild, according to state figures.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Rutala, at least 200 homes are still classified as regular flood victims.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Amid rising seas, Atlantic City has no plans for retreat\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods (2022, October 29)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 29 October 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-10-ten-years-sandy-atlantic-city.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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