Underwater cities
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Title:
Underwater cities Climate change begins to reshape the urban landscape
Series Title:
Grist
Creator:
Davis, Tony
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Language:
English

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Climate change ( lcsh )
Flooding ( lcsh )
Miami beach (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Sea level rise ( lcsh )

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Abstract:
Dan Kipness, a retired fishing boat captain and a 60-year Miami Beach resident, has a video that offers a glimpse of where this coastal city is headed. In it, cars and trucks kick floodwater into the air as they drive down Miami Beach’s streets. This isn’t rainwater — the skies are at least partially sunny and blue. Instead, the waters seeped into the streets from underground storm sewers during high tide. Kipness says he never saw such flooding until a decade ago, but now sees it up to twice a day during the fall, when tides are especially high. He says he’s watched the undersides of $100,000 cars get rusted away by salt water. ( English )

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