In a corner of New York City that officials consider most vulnerable to climate change, some residents voice little concern about Trump's plan to formally withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
NEW YORK - New York’s Broad Channel neighborhood is an island in more ways than one: Politically, it is a rare pocket of staunch support for President Donald Trump in a liberal city. But it is also a literal island that barely rises over the waters of Jamaica Bay.
With the exception of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy — which came close to wiping out the neighborhood — many residents see the flooding that has forced them to elevate their houses on stilts and scramble to move parked cars before high tide as routine. His views were echoed by others on the island community home to some 3,000 people, one of only three districts represented by a Republican in the 51-seat New York City Council.
“By the end of the century, the entire neighborhood of Broad Channel will likely be completely submerged by monthly high tides, whereas at present regular flooding only occurs at the low-lying edges,” said Philip Orton, a research associate professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and one of the study’s authors.
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