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Bloomberg News Interviews Professor Allan Frei on NYC's Preparedness for Flooding on the Scale of Hurricane Harvey in Houston

Professor Allan Frei, a climatologist and Chair of the Geography Department, recently told Bloomberg News that if New York City was hit by a storm like Hurricane Harvey, which recently caused devastating floods in Houston, "it would be absolutely devastating." Frei, who worked with New York’s Department of Environmental Protection on a project to look at the city’s water supply, said the city’s staff do a good job planning for severe weather. But he said that something like what happened in Houston is an entirely different scale of disaster. "Whether they’re prepared for 50 inches in five days, that I do not know," Frei said. "And I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer is no. If a storm causes a big storm surge at the same time as it’s raining, and if it hits during high tide, that would be -- I can’t even imagine."

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