63% of NYC's specialized catch-basin cleaning trucks were out of service during a storm, highlighting inadequate infrastructure to prevent floods.
Proactive storm monitoring and emergency plan activation were not effectively extended to public communications, with the mayor holding a news conference hours after heavy rains started.
Only 2.7% of New Yorkers received emergency alerts for the flash flood event, underscoring limited public communication efforts during extreme weather.
NYC's emergency response efforts faced criticism, such as a 26-minute delay in issuing an earthquake alert and failure to warn about toxic air from wildfires, highlighting ongoing challenges.
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