"Report: Sandy Was Wake-Up Call We Better Heed"

"A new Army Corps of Engineers report warns that unless coastal residents and state and local leaders from the Carolinas to Maine rethink their approach to shoreline development, the next big storm will be equal to or worse than Hurricane Sandy – with its $65 billion in losses, 159 deaths and 650,000 homes damaged or destroyed.

The report, two years in the making, points to a future where storms are more devastating because of climate change and sea level rise and highlights the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like roads, bridges, power and water supplies and communication networks.

An aging, more vulnerable population along the coast makes evacuation more difficult."

Molly Murray and Jeff Montgomery report for the Wilmington News Journal February 1, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Obama Directs Agencies To Prepare Federal Projects for Rising Sea Levels" (The Hill)

"Report Offers Storm-Risk Framework for Hampton Roads, Coastal Communities" (Hampton Roads Daily Press)

"Army Corps Releases Coastal Flood Risk Management Framework" (AP)