VIDEO: Experts warn rising sea levels will DOUBLE coastal flooding by 2050, and tropical regions will be hit worst
Experts warn rising sea levels will DOUBLE coastal flooding by 2050, and tropical regions will be hit worst
2012's Hurricane Sandy caused tens of billion of dollars worth of damage and saw extreme flooding event. Pictured
is a resident pushing a bicycle down a street covered in beach sand due to flooding from Superstorm Sandy in
Long Beach, New York
Rising sea levels caused by global warming are set to boost coastal flooding
Researchers forecast a four-to-eight inch global sea level rise by 2050
Major cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles would be highly exposed,
It would only take half the rise to double serious flooding incidents in the tropics
Small island nations, which are already vulnerable to flooding, would fare worse
By CECILE BORKHATARIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:47 GMT, 19 May 2017
Rising sea levels caused by global warming are set to dramatically boost the frequency of coastal flooding by 2050.
Tropical regions will be the worst hit, and researchers forecast a 10-to-20 centimeter (four-to-eight inch) jump in the global ocean watermark by mid-century.
Currently, sea levels are rising by three to four millimetres (0.10 to 0.15 inches) a year, but the rate has increased
by about 30 percent over the last decade. Coastal cities like Miami (pictured) have high exposure to coastal flooding
if sea levels rise
Major cities along the North American seaboard such as Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, along with the European Atlantic coast, would be highly exposed, the researchers say.
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