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Oahu Hawaii - Cristo Vlahos https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waikiki_view_from_Diamond_Head.JPG

Port of Cape Town - Wikimedia user SkyPixels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Port_of_Cape_Town.jpg

Hong Kong - Wikimedia user WiNG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Island_Skyline_2009.jpg

Perth Australia - Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perth_Skyline.jpg

Maeslantkering closed - World66.com http://www.world66.com/europe/netherlands/lib/gallery/showimage?pic=europe/netherlands/new_waterway_storm

Hartelkering gesloten - Wikimedia user Quistnix https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spijkenisse_-_Hartelkering_gesloten.jpg

Oosterscheldekering-pohled - Vladimír Šiman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oosterscheldekering-pohled.jpg

Haringvlietdam 2006 - Wikimedia user Quistnix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haringvlietdam_2006_06_18-2.jpg

Jakarta's flooded streets - VOA Indonesian Service (Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VOA_People_walk_through_Jakarta%27s_flooded_streets.jpg

Hurricane Patricia - NOAA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Patricia_October_23,_2015,_GOES-15_visible_animation.gif

Permeable "Thirsty" concrete - Tarmac Ltd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFX_WTFIis

Floating Utility Unit - DeltaSync/Blue21 http://www.blue21.nl/

Rijnhavenpark - DeltaSync/Blue21 http://www.blue21.nl/

Tracks and Storms - Robert Allison http://robslink.com/

NYC Hurricane Evacuation Map - City of New York http://maps.nyc.gov/hurricane/