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NYC: 'The Most Dangerous Place in the World for Storm Surge'

New York Citys demography and geography are perfect for maximum destruction during a hurricane. And it doesnt have to be a major hurricane.

By Chad Hemenway | Updated on October 29, 2012

The following story got a lot of attention when it was first written following a presentation by Nicholas Coch, a coastal geologist, at an Advisen conference in June.

It may apply more now with Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the Northeast—scheduled to make landfall somewhere along the Southern New Jersey coast and bringing with it the possibility of significant storm surge and inland flooding. 

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