NEW YORK–Experts at a Northeast Hurricane Conference here yesterday projected a doomsday scenario of a 30-foot-high storm surge and endless power outages for New York if a major hurricane hits the city.
They also forecast that there is a one-in-nine chance of a major hurricane hitting the Northeast.
Conference speakers stressed it was not a question of “if,” but “when” the Northeast will suffer a devastating hurricane in the coming years. Still, one forecaster, Colorado State University research associate Phil Klotzbach, put the probability of a major storm hitting the area as relatively low.
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