A decade after Sandy, the Meadowlands remains unprotected from storm surges from Newark Bay.
Sandy devastated the Meadowlands. A decade and millions of $$$ later, its communities remain vulnerable.The Richard P. Kane Natural Area, formerly known as the Empire Tract, seen through the marshes of the Meadowlands.The wall of water was 14 feet high, a toxic soup of mud, mercury and PCBs.
The tidal surge barreled up the Hackensack River under the cover of darkness, overwhelming the Meadowlands’ fragile network of berms, levees and tide gates.
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