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Boston has been awarded a $280,070 heat resilience grant, which will help the city develop more resilient infrastructure to combat rising sea levels, stronger storms and extreme heat. ELIZA SHAW/ DFP FILE

City awarded grant to combat excess heat as climate change effects compound

Samuele Petruccelli October 14, 2020
The City has been awarded a $280,070 Municipal Vulnerabilities Preparedness Action Grant from the state to fund a study on heat resilience, the Mayor’s Office announced Saturday. 
Stephen Flynn, founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University, says that Boston would be extremely vulnerable to a hurricane like Irma or Harvey. PHOTO COURTESY NASA/NOAA GOES PROJECT

If a major storm hits, will Boston be ready?

Breanne Kovatch September 12, 2017

  With two very powerful storms like Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey recently wreaking havoc near the Gulf of Mexico, the question arises: what would happen to Boston if it were hit by...

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