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Climate change is flooding out American coastlines
2014-07-11 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Hurricane Arthur is no more than a holiday-dampening memory in the minds of many East Coast residents and visitors. But the 4.5-foot storm surge it produced along parts of North Carolina`s shoreline on July 4 was a reminder that such tempests don`t need to tear houses apart to cause damage. As seas rise, shoreline development continues, and shoreline ecosystems are destroyed, the hazards posed by storm surges from hurricanes are growing more severe along the Gulf Coast and East Coast. Two soggy...
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