Miami and New Orleans face greater sea-level threat than already fearedCoastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston and New Orlea...

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Miami and New Orleans face greater sea-level threat than already fearedCoastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston and New Orlea...
Miami and New Orleans face greater sea-level threat than already feared
Coastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston and New Orleans, are in even greater peril from sea-level rise than scientists already feared, according to new analysis.

What experts are calling a dramatic surge in ocean levels has taken place along the US south-eastern and Gulf of Mexico coastline since 2010, one study suggests, an increase of almost 5in (12.7cm).

That “burst”, more than double the global average of 0.17in (0.44cm) per year, is fueling ever more powerful cyclones, including Hurricane Ian, which struck Florida in September and caused more than $113bn of damage – the state’s costliest natural disaster and the third most expensive storm in US history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/10/sea-level-rise-climate-crisis-miami-new-orleans

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