High-Tide Flooding On The Rise, Especially Along The East Coast, Forecasters Warn

July 10, 2019btollesonRSS Sample

A street in Miami flooded during a high tide in 2018. A new report confirms that the number of days with high-tide flooding is increasing in many U.S. cities as sea levels rise.

As sea levels rise, coastal flooding that used to happen only during storms is increasingly occurring on sunny days. That has local officials reconsidering everything from zoning to police budgets.

(Image credit: Wilfredo Lee/AP)