Sentences with phrase «flooded at high tide»

Smugglers Cave: Water washed sandy floored caverns, accessible at low tide, flooded at high tide (make sure you are aware of tide movements).

«You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets.»

Not exact matches

Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

* Flood «protection» costs are estimated at $ 45K, for the Mississipi river valley, assuming a flood that is less than 40 feet above the median high tide mark.

About 3.7 million Americans live within just a few feet of the sea at high tide, putting them at even more extreme risk for coastal flooding.

To this point, the City of Miami began a combined program of installing pumps to rid streets of flooding at times of high tide and has assessed a property tax to begin its efforts to fight the surge of waters set off by human caused climate change.

The impacts of sea level rise, in the form of higher storm surges and increasingly common flooding at times of astronomical high tides, are already causing damage in the U.S. and worldwide.

Projected flooding at Kennedy International Airport in New York if water levels were to reach 10 feet above the current high tide line.

High tides linked to the full moon since the weekend caused minor flooding from Florida to New England, underscoring the need for improved coastal infrastructure at a time of faster rising seas.

Let a low pressure system be centered over the islands at an extreme high tide, and seawater will flood the islands and salt up the fresh water supply.

At the coasts, strong winds, up to nearly hurricane force, will batter beaches with 20 - foot waves for three high tide cycles, prompting concern for severe beach erosion and major coastal flooding from Maryland to Massachusetts.

(Rising ocean levels due to human - forced climate change is resulting in worsening instances of tidal flooding at times of high tide.

This rise, though modest compared to what will happen if global temperatures and greenhouse gas levels remain at currently elevated levels or continue to ramp higher, is now enough to turn astronomical high tides into a notable flooding event.

And the front page New York Times story based on the study notes that 3.7 million Americans — that's how many live within mere feet of high tides — are now at risk from increasing coastal flooding, thanks to rising sea levels.

Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States... By 2030, many locations are likely to see storm surges combining with sea level rise to raise waters at least 4 feet above the local high - tide line.

However, it is also understood that flooding will only happen occasionally, on the highest tides and when weather conditions are unfavourable, at least for the foreseeable future.