Sentences with phrase «normal tide levels»

Hudson River water levels at Poughkeepsie are expected to rise above normal tide levels during periods of high tide.

Not exact matches

The sea is likely to rise steadily up to a level well above the normal tide, with damaging waves and flooding of some low - lying but g areas, which could also extend some way inland,» the Bureau of Meteorology said.

It caused water to surge inland like a rapidly rising tide, reaching heights up to 39 meters (128 feet) above the normal sea level.

This relatively sudden rise of normal sea level occurs when storm winds and tides combine to transport large volumes of water to coastal areas.

«The shock for us was that tidal flooding could become the new normal in the next 15 years; we didn't think it would be so soon,» said Melanie Fitzpatrick, one of three researchers at the nonprofit who analyzed tide gauge data and sea level projections, producing soused prognoses for scores of coastal Americans.

The pneumatophores of the black mangrove which are always (at maturity) taller than the high tide level allow oxygen exchange under normal circumstances.

These higher sea levels set the stage for typical «king tides» and normal winter storms to have a bigger impact than usual.

The pace of sea level rise is also increasingly apparent — clear - days floods, caused by nothing more than the normal high - tide cycle, now occasionally top levels seen only in past hurricanes.