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An X-factor in coastal flooding: Natural climate patterns create hot spots of rapid sea level rise

  • Written by Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
imageA motorist drives through "nuisance flooding" in Charleston, SC, Oct. 1, 2015.AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton

For Americans who live along the east and Gulf of Mexico coasts, the end of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season on Nov. 30 was a relief. This year forecasters recorded 17 named storms, 10 of which became hurricanes. Six were major hurricanes...

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