A
flood is defined as «surface water, waves,
including tidal wave and tsunami, tides,
tidal water, overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether or not driven by wind,
including storm surge».
Most recently, Ms. Spanger - Siegfried has overseen UCS's leading - edge work around sea level rise and coastal
flooding, including «Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years» and «The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas
flooding,
including «Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and
Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years» and «The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas
Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years» and «The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas.»
The NOAA's National Ocean Center offers additional information and resources on nuisance
flooding,
including an interactive animation of
tidal flooding impacts and resilience strategies.