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US east-coast cities are 'sitting ducks' for storms, says top Obama scientist

2013-01-15 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Cities on the United States east coast are "sitting ducks" for the next big storm because of the destruction wrought by hurricane Sandy, one of Barack Obama's top scientists warned on Tuesday. Marcia McNutt, who last week announced her resignation as director of the US Geological Survey, told a conference that Sandy had left coastal communities dangerously exposed to future storms of any size. "Superstorm Sandy was a threshold for the north-east and we have already crossed it," McNutt told...

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