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Yesterday — 7 April 2025Main stream

In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding

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By: Mihir Zaveri and Hilary Howard
7 April 2025 at 15:00
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Some 100,000 New Yorkers currently live in low-lying coastal areas affected by routine flooding. About half of them reside in the neighborhoods surrounding Jamaica Bay.
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Residents Exhausted From Dayslong Storm Are Desperate for a Break

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By: Jamie McGee， Kevin Williams， Rick Rojas and Nazaneen Ghaffar
7 April 2025 at 08:47
The storm inundating a large stretch of the South and Midwest has wreaked havoc since Wednesday. But heavy rain and flooding are likely to ease considerably by Monday.

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Christina Libby, right, helped her neighbor Cindy Orosz bring belongings to dry ground as the Kentucky River swelled in Frankfort, Ky.

Rivers in Central U.S. Swell Rapidly as Storm Inundates Region

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Mitch Smith， Isabelle Taft， Rachel Nostrant and Amy Graff
6 April 2025 at 13:31
The rising water levels have prompted rescues and road closures. The storm, which has killed at least 16 people, doesn’t show signs of letting up.

© Austin Anthony for The New York Times

Construction crews on Saturday worked to create temporary gravel roads to get to a flooded subdivision in Bowling Green, Ky.

Communities Brace for Flooding as Storm Moves Across Central U.S.

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Simon J. Levien
5 April 2025 at 19:59
The storm has already wreaked havoc across the South and the Midwest, killing at least eight people, including a boy who was swept away by floodwaters in Kentucky.

© Grace Mcdowell/Daily News, via Associated Press

Floodwaters in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday. Western Tennessee, southeastern Arkansas, western Mississippi and Louisiana will face severe risk from the storm on Saturday.

Boy Swept Away by Raging Waters in Kentucky as Rain Soaks Central U.S.

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kevin Williams， Carly Gist， Amy Graff and Rick Rojas
5 April 2025 at 07:40
Waters continued to rise in communities from Arkansas to Michigan as the storm, which has killed at least eight, drenched the region. More tornadoes were also possible.

© Brad J. Vest for The New York Times

Cesar Marroquin sifted through the remains of his destroyed home in Monette, Ark., on Thursday.
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