New York under water: The city that could drown | SLICE EARTH

New York, symbol of American power is threatened.

A mosaic of islands surrounded by a bay, the city is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. It is barely rising above sea level. Due to global warming, the city is threatened by catastrophic floods. By the end of the century, the sea should rise by 2 meters every 5 years, a frightful hurricane could occur.

Today, the danger is real: 400,000 New Yorkers live in endangered zones. To save the city, the engineers invented amazing techniques, like a giant flyer wall around Manhattan...
Here is the amazing adventure of an extraordinary city that could soon be destroyed by what has created it: water.

Documentary: Cities Under Threat - New York Under Rescue
Directed by: Juliette Desbois
Production: ZED (2019)

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