NEW YORK: President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the world faces a"code red" on climate change danger as he visited damage from the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in New York and New Jersey.
Systemic upgrading and hardening of the nation's infrastructure is an urgent need, he asserted, pointing to proposed changes such as flood-proofing power stations, raising up buildings and burying electrical lines. A car sits on a flooded garage of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Sep 2, 2021 in Mamaroneck, New York.
United States Geological Survey workers push a boat as they look for residents on a street flooded as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Somerville, New Jersey, Sep 2, 2021. Ida struck the US Gulf Coast as a Category Four hurricane, bringing major flooding and knocking out power to large parts of the heavily populated region, which is also a main hub for the oil industry. Just last week, Biden made a similar tour to Louisiana, where Ida had originally made landfall., with ferocious rainfall triggering flash flooding.