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Amazon's HQ2 site in Long Island City, Queens could be flooded in the next 30 years. Here's what scientists predict for the headquarters.

Amazon will move half of its second headquarters to Long Island City, Queens, an area that could be flooded by 2050.

Amazon's future HQ2 site.
  • announced on Tuesday
  • HQ2
  • announced
  • from One Court Square, the tallest building in Queens, to make way for the tech giant.
  • Queens County could experience coastal flooding
  • there is a 100% likelihood that the county will be flooded by 2050.

Scientists have long warned that New York City is at risk of chronic flooding. Due to its dense population and coastal location, the city has

On the afternoon of the company's HQ2 announcement, Citibank said it was removing

across the country

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If Queens were to experience a six-foot flood (the level anticipated by scientists by the end of the century), it could endure $13 billion worth of property damage — the equivalent of 34,000 damaged homes.

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