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Time. we have got to look at the science. we have got to look at the data, the intensity of these storms that are projected, the heat that's projected. we have to up vent resources and an infrastructure that is not only resilient today but prepared for the future intense storms that we will see. and we are going see those storms all over the country. we saw them in the gulf. we saw them in the southeast recently with hurricane ida. we saw historic flooding at a very quick pace in new york and new jersey. tornadoes. we are looking at wildfires out west. we are looking at flooding in the middle ...
Night. in a word, it is a mess. as our aging infrastructure just proves no match for ida and climate change. andrea? >> and bill, tell us about this flooding and how strong is the storm? give us the stats here. >> andrea, it is important to note that this was a well-forecasted event. even the tornadoes were well forecasted. we knew going into this it was a possibility, but to imagine, to say it's going to rain up to eight inches in new york city is one thing. to see the result of it which is we've never had it before and we had nothing to picture this and now we know what it looks like. so, ye...
The state needing repair. on several other bridges, we some closed pending fixes. >> unfortunately, people only realize that infrastructure isn't working when it breaks. >> reporter: the american society of civil engineers gave pennsylvania a c-minus on its infrastructure report card. >> a lot of our bridges were built in the '50s and the '60s, which just means that they're reaching the end of their useful life. >> reporter: bridges are in trouble nationwide. 42% are at least 50 years old, 220,000 need repair work. that includes the brooklyn bridge and washington d.c.'s roosevelt bridge. and n...
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) May 28, 2021 -- WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2022,