Now, those warnings are no longer theoretical: The inundation of the coast has begun. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFederal scientists have documented a sharp jump in this nuisance flooding — often called “sunny-day flooding” — along both the East Coast and the Gulf Coast in recent years. Shifts in the Pacific Ocean mean that the West Coast, partly spared over the past two decades, may be hit hard, too. In coastal regions, that compounds the damage from the increasingly heavy rains plaguing the country, like those that recently caused extensive flooding in Louisiana. Yet Congress has largely ignored these pleas, and has even tried to block plans by the military to head off future problems at the numerous bases imperiled by a rising sea.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2016 14:26 UTC