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There are three locations along the U.S. coast that should immediately begin planning to install hurricane storm surge barriers.
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Some of the homes in New York City that were damaged by Sandy are beyond repair, authorities have concluded.
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Among the assets destroyed by Superstorm Sandy was one piece of critical infrastructure that didn't even exist two decades ago: the cabling and switching that serves lower Manhattan's data networks.
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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expects flood claims to exceed its statutory reserves.
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The disaster has also spurred critics to question whether it's wise to build and rebuild on the fragile, vulnerable ocean shore.
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Thousands of homes on the South Shore are still in the dark because they can't be connected to the grid until they've passed a wiring safety inspection — or because they've already had the inspection, and failed.
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Belfast's Ecovillage isn't your typical development — it's an "intentional community" patterned after the cohousing projects of northern Europe.
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A Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's audit of the non-profit's practices says that Rebuild Northwest Florida paid a hand-picked contractor too much to manage the work.
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Another Chinese drywall maker must face Florida and Virginia state court jurisdiction in lawsuits over defective drywall, Federal and state courts have ruled this month.
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Isaac's storm surge and wave action uncovered old deposits of spilled oil and tar from 2010's devastating BP oil release.