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U.S. Cities at Risk of Sinking (www.visualcapitalist.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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[–] 7 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

Maybe I’m an idiot but how does “mm per year” classify you as being at a high risk of sinking? Seems a lot different depending on your elevation. The highest peak could sink a meter per year and still not be at risk of flooding

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    True, for not being at risk from flooding from the ocean given elevation (from sea level).

    Local flooding: entirely possible. For example, over a few years city X sinks by a cm, because of that in a flood situation there's slightly more flood water. Over a large area that might be quality a few acre-feet of water: that's quite a lot more water.

    It's less that the likely hood of a flood increases and more that the severity of a flood increases.

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