A DANGEROUS STORM – This 2011 map model for Hoboken from SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) showed the different areas that could be flooded in Hoboken if a hurricane hit. A Category 1 storm would flood areas in red, a Category 2 storm would flood areas in orange, and a Category 3 storm would flood areas in yellow.
This recent story in the Hudson Reporter, based in Hoboken and Bayonne, described the situation and what has been done lately to address the problems. If a hurricane made landfall in the New York City/Hoboken area, and the storm was greater than category 1, bigger problems could occur, as this story describes. This story was written before the new flood pumps were added.
The map, released last year before Tropical Storm Irene, shows where Hoboken would flood.
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