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.

Read more: 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4523274/Rising-sea-levels-double-coastal-flooding-2050.html#ixzz4xZYRXf9X 

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