NJ Spotlight News
How Hoboken is building up its flood defenses
Clip: 10/28/2022 | 5m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
The goal was to address coastal surge as well as chronic flooding
No city in the state was harder hit by Superstorm Sandy than Hoboken, where a 14-foot storm surge flooded the mile-square city on the Hudson River, causing $100 million in damage. In the aftermath of the storm, the riverfront city quickly got to work to shore up its flood defenses.
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NJ Spotlight News
How Hoboken is building up its flood defenses
Clip: 10/28/2022 | 5m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
No city in the state was harder hit by Superstorm Sandy than Hoboken, where a 14-foot storm surge flooded the mile-square city on the Hudson River, causing $100 million in damage. In the aftermath of the storm, the riverfront city quickly got to work to shore up its flood defenses.
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