Sentences with phrase «coastal storms inflict»
Coastal living carries risk, however, as hurricanes and other coastal storms inflict trillions in property and infrastructure damage each year.
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When an extreme event collides with continually rising seas, it takes a less intense storm, such as a Category I hurricane, to inflict as much coastal damage as a Category II or III storm would have had when the seas were lower.
«Normal weather drives salt marsh erosion: Waves from moderate storms, rather than violent events such as hurricanes, inflict the most loss on coastal wetlands.»