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Nature-Based
Resilience in Action:
Protecting the Oakwood
Beach Community
When Superstorm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, it brought
winds of up to 90 miles per hour and 20-foot high waves that crashed
into homes in the quaint Oakwood Beach community on the southeastern
shore of Staten Island, New York. The storm left a historic path of
destruction in its wake that hadn't been seen in the U.S. since Hurricane
Katrina. After Sandy had dissipated and the damage was assessed,
residents, community leaders, and government agencies were left with
the difficult task of figuring out how to rebuild Oakwood Beach and other
vulnerable coastal communities in New York and New Jersey.
Restoring a Community
Following Disaster
Due to the severity of Superstorm Sandy's widespread damage to Staten
Island, it was vital that relief come quickly. In February 2013, New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to use federal housing
funds to buy out approximately 300 homes that were affected by
Sandy's coastal storm surge floods in the Oakwood Beach community.
Through a partnership between the state of New York, New York
City, the Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), a design was developed for Oakwood Beach to become 160
acres of marsh, dunes, wetlands, maritime forest, revetment wall, and
recreational space-restoring its natural beauty and helping to reduce
flood risk along Staten Island from coastal storm surges and rainfallinduced flooding.
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