Seal Beach prepares for extreme flooding because of sea level rise… or not

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Seal Beach prepares for extreme flooding because of sea level rise

Seal Beach residents were warned about a possible 3-foot rise in sea levels by the year 2100 in worst-case scenario presentation last week about coastal flooding caused by global warming.  But even the presenters said it had a one-half of 1% chance of occurring.

Seal Beach prepares for extreme flooding because of sea level rise

Seal Beach residents got a look Wednesday, July 17, at what sea level rise could mean to them, thanks to a city presentation showing that large swaths of the small municipality could flood by 2050 and that the odds of even greater inundation will increase throughout the century.

This story also appeared in the Press-Telegram and the Grunion Gazette,  which are also owned by the Southern California News group.

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