Sentences with phrase «massive coastal flooding»

We are afraid that four (possibly eight) years of denial and delay might commit the planet to not just feet, but yards, of sea level rise, massive coastal flooding (made worse by more frequent Katrina and Sandy - like storms), historic deluges, and summer after summer of devastating heat and drought across the country.

European scientists have just warned that — unless there is a dramatic reduction in global emissions of greenhouse gases — the kind of massive coastal flooding that now occurs once a century could sooner or later happen every year.

Massive coastal flooding in northern Europe that now occurs once every century could happen every year if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to a new study.

Not exact matches

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century.

«A fundamental rethinking of our built environment,» and the long - term modifications that might be needed to protect New York City from coastal flooding, «is a massive, massive undertaking,» Cuomo said yesterday.

«This has the potential to be an historic storm, with widespread wind damage and power outages, inland and coastal flooding, and massive beach erosion,» warned the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, N.J., yesterday.

Although Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Lower Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane, the massive storm generated wild coastal flooding patterns throughout the Florida peninsula, Georgia and South Carolina.

Areas with common interests and problems — coastal areas in need of massive flood walls, the arid Southwest and Great Plains — could pool their resources and form locally focused, regional governments within the former United States.

Two recent events contrast existing vulnerability to extreme events: Hurricane Irene, which produced a broad swath of very heavy rain (greater than five inches in total and sometimes two to three inches per hour in some locations) from southern Maryland to northern Vermont from August 27 to 29, 2011; and Hurricane Sandy, which caused massive coastal damage from storm surge and flooding along the Northeast coast from October 28 to 30, 2012.

It has been tight - lipped even about the risks for its massive oil refinery facilities in coastal areas subject to storm surges and flooding and associated with sea - level rise and the projected increased intensity and rainfall rates of North Atlantic hurricanes.

Even without epic storms, Horton said climate - related sea level increases can cause massive problems for coastal areas because it increases frequent flooding, which causes erosion, contaminates drinking water supplies and aquifers, damages farmland and decreases habitat for fisheries, wildlife and plants.