Tipping Point Nears for ‘Emerging Flooding Crisis’

Climate Central: Soggy times are coming for cities along both U.S. coasts and they'll be here much quicker than previously thought. By mid-century, sea level rise is set to make floods a monthly occurrence in more than two dozen major cities, and in some of those cities, it could become a daily occurrence by the 2070s. The watery findings come from a new study published Thursday and presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting. It builds on findings earlier this year from National Oceanic and Atmospheric......

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