Sea Level Rise and Shoreline Changes Are Lead Influences On Floods from Tropical Cyclones

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Coastal erosion. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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Despite the fact that recent studies have focused on climate change impacts on the intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones themselves, a research team led by Jon Woodruff of the University of Massachusetts Amherst found on review of the relevant science that sea level rise and shoreline retreat are the two more certain factors expected to drive an increase in future flood risk from such storms…

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