As extreme weather events grow in intensity and frequency, nowhere is guaranteed to be safe from danger, as New Yorkers discovered on 1 September 2021 when Hurricane Ida struck causing floods that led to some 29 deaths and shut down much of the subway system.
A new flood mapping tool and forthcoming artificial intelligence-driven models will generate current and future flood risk maps for three climate change scenarios at the city, district, and river basin levels.
To prevent global disasters such as the current unprecedented flooding in Pakistan, developed countries absolutely must act now to slow and halt climate change.
