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The article discusses the changes to flood management by exploring a series of reports of catastrophic events exposed errors in both evidence base and governance frameworks. It mentions the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 in New York which provides a dramatic image of a global city and world financial centre struggling to cope with disaster. It states that the traditional focus to reduce flood risk was to build flood defences and constrain rivers through hard engineering solutions.