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title: 2 years later. 2 videos.
date: 2014-10-29T18:32:11Z
modified: 2023-09-12T14:42:00Z
permalink: "https://350.org/2-years-later-2-videos/"
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status: publish
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categories:
  - Actions/Demonstrations
  - Climate Impacts
  - Climate Justice
  - North America
featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Dear_World_7__3-30-13.jpg
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Two years ago, Hurricane Sandy devastated New York communities along with others on the east coast of the United States. The superstorm taught us a painful lesson about the dangers of extreme weather events for coastal cities, but it also taught us about what it takes to build a more resilient future. Watch the videos below to see how some New York communities are recovering.

Retreat from the Water’s Edge, via [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/)

Rebuilding After Sandy, via [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/)

Besides managed retreat and infrastructure rebuilding programs, people impacted by the storm took to the streets for the People’s Climate March and demanded climate justice. [Read more about how Sandy survivors are fighting back here.](https://350.org/sandy-survivors-fighting-for-climate-justice/)

Share image courtesy of [Robert X. Fogarty](https://www.facebook.com/robertfogarty). To see more inspiring images of people’s messages to the world, go to [Dear World](https://www.dearworld.me/).