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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Climate change impacts on New York City's stormwater management
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Licata discusses how climate change is affecting New York City, particularly in terms of increased frequency and severity of rainstorms. This change has brought new challenges to the city's stormwater management system.
- In 2020, NOAA reclassified NYC from a coastal temperate zone to a humid subtropical climate zone
- More severe and frequent rainstorms are now occurring in the city
- These changes have created new challenges for the existing stormwater management infrastructure
Angela Licata
0:09:37
Before we talk more about these tools, we should talk about our changing climate.
0:09:43
Climate change is bringing more severe and frequent rainstorms to New York City.
0:09:47
In 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reclassified New York City from a coastal temperate zone to a humid sub tropical climate zone, a recognition that we now live in a different world than we were in a few decades ago.
0:10:04
The more severe rainstorms have brought new challenges to our stormwater management system.