CNN CNN Newsroom With Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez August 21, 2021 14:04:00
But storm surge being the potential threat, you ever wondered how these coastal cities actually protect themselves from it? check this out. this is incredible. stumbled across this yesterday. if you visited here, you've probably seen it. this is the fox point hurricane barrier. it was built in 1966. it is designed to protect the city of providence, rhode island, from 20 feet of storm surge. that is like protecting the city from a 1 in 500 year storm surge event. the three gates lower in about 30 minuteminutes. they're over 50 tons. the waves get broken by the curved look and protect the city f...