Sentences with phrase «widespread coastal flooding»

With Hurricane Katrina, it was the surge that caused the widespread coastal flooding of New Orleans.

A 4C global rise by 2100 would entail a sea level rise of between 52 cm and 98 cm, leading to widespread coastal flooding.

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«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.

Severe coastal flooding and widespread power outages have prompted many to ask if it's a new normal brought on by climate change.

Huge numbers of people could die from starvation if a decrease in precipitation limits crop growth and from disease if coastal flooding leads to widespread water - borne illness.

«This includes record numbers and record intensity of hurricanes and typhoons, record widespread heavy rains and flooding — think Houston, Louisiana, the Carolinas (Hurricane Matthew) and now California — record drought, heatwaves and wild fires, and increasing inundations in coastal regions from rising sea level.»

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.

Deserts will expand, drought will spread, water supplies will evaporate away, rising seas will flood coastal areas and cover island nations, widespread famine will ensue as farms dry up, and heat waves and tropical diseases will threaten out health.