Climate change is fostering extreme weather events such as 'more energized hurricanes with deadlier storm surges (and) increased flooding.'
A motorist drives through flooding along 1st Street in Hoboken during heavy rains from remnants of Hurricane Ida on Sept. 1, 2021.New Jersey municipalities will share $39.35 million in federal funds to protect against flooding under two programs designed to combat climate change.
The funding is part of $1 billion allocated Monday from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance programs, and both got a boost from President Joe Biden’s administration and his“Communities across our nation are experiencing first-hand the devastating impacts of climate change and the related extreme weather events that follow — more energized hurricanes with deadlier storm surges, increased flooding, and a wildfire season that has become a year-long...
Criswell, who made the announcement in Miami with Vice President Kamala Harris, said the funding would “help to ensure that our most vulnerable communities are not left behind, with hundreds of millions of dollars ultimately going directly to the communities that need it most.”— $5.12 million to improve the Baltic Avenue Canal, making it capable of handling stormwater runoff and decreasing flooding in a city ravaged during Hurricane Sandy.$2.
In addition, there is $4.46 million to provide a backup power source to the 63rd Street Pumping Station, which suffers from power losses and therefore cannot prevent flooding.$3.67 million, to raise buildings along Rahway River in flood-prone areas, including 14 properties that have been damaged several times.$10.
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