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Superstorm lessons for adapting to climate change

As the post-Sandy rebuild gets under way, coastal cities around the world will be watching

By Hal Hodson

28 December 2012

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The Jersey Shore will be rebuilt, but how long before the next big storm?

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Superstorm lessons for adapting to climate change

PYRAMIDS of rubble still dominate the streets of Union Beach, New Jersey. Boats are parked in odd places, while a layer of glass and grit makes the sidewalks crunch. Down by the water everything is quiet. You can see Manhattan across the bay, framed by the skeletons of dwellings devoured by one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US east coast.

Superstorm Sandy killed more than 100 people last October, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and stranded millions without…

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