The average flood height increased by about 4 feet in New York between the two time periods and with continued warming, larger and more extreme storms along with even higher sea level is likely to cause more frequent and intense flooding. (climatecentral.org)
Finds, however, that projected sea - level rise leads to large increases in future overall flood heights associated with tropical cyclones in New York City (climatesignals.org)
The encroaching seawater threatens to flood hundreds of millions of people every year by 2100 as homes that are already below flood heights, or will be, succumb to climbing oceans. (scientificamerican.com)