New York, a coastal city surrounded by water- in 2012 Superstorm Sandy floods overwhelmed the town. Since then, the city has designed new ways to defend itself against rising seas and the next major storm. Engineers and urban planners are tackling the problem with urgency and creativity. Can their innovation make New York City a safe place to live for centuries to come? Produced for Climate Week NYC in September 2025 WATCH Can New York City Survive Massive Flooding? | Sinking Cities | THIRTEEN channel Sep 21 Transcript here
As Earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many of the world’s major coastal cities may soon be under water. The four-part Sinking Cities series explores how four global cities – New York, Toyko, London and Miami – are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.
Sinking Cities is a 2018 production of Cineflix (Cities) Inc. in association with THIRTEEN.
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THIRTEEN is the flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area
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TRANSCRIPT here for readers writers and researchers https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2025/10/transcript-sinking-cities-nyc-for.html
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