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Flood City Fights Climate Change with Infrastructure and Social Media

Unsustainable

In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels. By Emily Blitstein In Miami, flooding has been a serious development topic over the last decade.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. The slow creep of sea-level rise has also led to more frequent tidal flooding in coastal cities like Miami. West Virginia When it comes to climate-fueled flooding, the 67 million residents of the U.S.