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Why Floods Hit Harder: Storms, Systems, Recovery

How storms turn into disasters, and why forecasting, infrastructure, and governance decide who recovers and who rebuilds into the next flood.

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6 booksJune 17, 2026
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    1. Superstorm Sandy

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    Examines why coastal communities repeatedly rebuild after catastrophic storms and how social and policy choices drive...
    Shelf signal: Coasts & Shorelines
  2. Zeitoun

    2. Zeitoun

    Dave Eggers
    A vivid account of individual and institutional failures during Hurricane Katrina that illuminates how emergency...
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  3. Johnstown Flood

    3. Johnstown Flood

    David McCullough
    A detailed history of a devastating flood that shows how engineering choices and governance failures create long-term...
    Shelf signal: Flood Control Engineering
  4. The Weather Machine

    4. The Weather Machine

    Andrew Blum
    Explains the forecasting infrastructure and people behind weather predictions, helping readers understand flood...
    Shelf signal: Earth Science for Teens
  5. The Uninhabitable Earth

    5. The Uninhabitable Earth

    David Wallace-Wells
    Places contemporary storm risk in the larger climate context and outlines systemic consequences that increase...
    Shelf signal: Environmental Policy
  6. A Tempest

    6. A Tempest

    Aimé Césaire, Richard Miller
    Offers a literary perspective on storms and colonial-era responses that broadens understanding of cultural and...
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