Why New York and other cities still aren’t prepared for floods

New York City came to a grinding halt Friday as floods shut down roads and subways and inundated schools in one of the

since the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit in 2021.

It isn’t a problem that’s unique to New York. Flood risk is rising across the US with worsening weather disasters and growing strain on outdated infrastructure.

What should a flood-proof city look like? The…