PBS NewsHour | Protecting New York From Future Storms As Sea Levels Rise » Video » Iowa Public Television

Welcome to Iowa Public Television! If you are seeing this message, you are using a browser that does not support web standards. This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Read more on our technical tips page.

PBS NewsHour | Protecting New York From Future Storms As Sea Levels Rise | PBS

Duration: 07:40
Program: PBS NewsHour #10501
Broadcast Date: Nov. 20, 2012

As thousands of residents continue to clean up from Hurricane Sandy, many are anticipating future disasters and considering how New York will cope with rising seas and potentially more devastating flooding. Hari Sreenivasan reports on options like barriers that could protect the region from future storm surges.

Tags:

Topics:

Related Video

Now Playing

PBS NewsHour | Protecting New... (#10501)

Protecting New York From Future Superstorms As Sea Levels Rise 07:40
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Jennifer... (#10501)

Fifth generation Staten Islander Jennifer Fitzgerald reads her poems about Hurricane Sandy 03:49
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | High School Coach:... (#10501)

High School Coach Tells Football Team, 'Don't Go to Study Hall, You Don't Play' 07:25
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | White House... (#10501)

White House Sets New Insurance Rules for Benefits Coverage 07:48
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: Syrian... (#10501)

News Wrap: Syrian Rebels Seize Control of Military Base on Outskirts of Aleppo 05:39
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Israel-Gaza... (#10501)

Players in Israel-Gaza Truce Talks Face 'Complicating' Regional Realities 09:02
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | U.S. House... (#10501)

U.S. House Races Were Quiet Compared to High Profile White House, Senate Fights 05:58
Play Video

PBS Newshour | Shields and... (#10630)

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talks with Judy Woodruff about the recent... 12:57
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Conversation:... (#10630)

Conversation: Opera Singer Ana Maria Martinez 00:00
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | The Houston Grand... (#10360)

The Houston Grand Opera's 'Cruzar la Cara de la Luna' 01:41
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Photographer... (#10628)

Ray Suarez talks to photographer Jon Lowenstein about covering violence in Chicago. 06:01
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Scene From 'Other...

A scene from the Arena Stage production of Jon Robin Baitz's play "Other Desert Cities." 01:14
Play Video

PBS NewsHour | Conversation: Jon...

Jeffrey Brown talks to playwright Jon Robin Baitz about his play "Other Desert Cities." 00:00
Play Video

Newshour | Shields and Gerson...

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson discuss the boost in the latest jobs... 12:45
Play Video

Shields, Brooks on Red Line... (#10615)

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk with Judy Woodruff about President... 12:52
Play Video

PBS Newshour | Shields and... (#10610)

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Jeffrey Brown about the Boston... 10:52
Play Video

Boston Marathon Bombing and the...

Full Program: In a week that stunned the nation, we look at the attack on the Boston Marathon and the suspect manhunt that has... 24:47
Play Video

States vs. Guns, Royal Visits,...

On the Webcast Extra: we discuss states, tired of a divided Congress, that are taking gun issues into their own... 09:17
Play Video

Shields and Brooks on Obama's...

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss development in the gun legislation... 12:25
Play Video

PBS Newshour | Shields and... (#10600)

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk with Judy Woodruff about the... 12:22
Watch more video from this program

Post Date: November 20, 2012