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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers the following advisory
Select a region below to see when you may experience higher than normal tides from June-August 2017. Depending on non-tidal conditions (wind, storms, etc.) regions may experience impacts before or after the dates mentioned here.
NOTE: Higher than normal high tides alone do not necessarily cause coastal flooding. However, higher-than-normal high tides are becoming increasingly impactful due to continued sea level rise. High tide flooding that causes a nuisance along the coast (such as flooded streets, washed out beaches) is more likely to occur during these periods depending on your location along the coast. More severe flooding may result if adverse weather--heavy rains, strong wind, or big waves--conditions are present.
Questions answered for different regions:
When will the tides be higher than normal?
Where might I expect high tide flooding?
Why will they be higher than normal?
What kind of impact might I expect along the coast?
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 09 2017, @04:50PM (3 children)
What is the risk for a repeat?
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Friday June 09 2017, @05:20PM (2 children)
If a tropical storm coincides with the dates of higher tides it'll likely get flooding a lot farther inland.
I don't know the chances that there will be damage, but tropical storms in the Pacific of varying levels of intensity were occurring nearly continuously last year from late June to mid October. It's just a matter of one of those storms making landfall on one of the windows of high tide to deal some absurd damage.
May-October is also roughly tsunami season in the Pacific.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Friday June 09 2017, @06:34PM
You mean slightly more absurd damage? I notice that how much higher the tide will be estimated to be is conveniently left off these advisories. You'd think that would be important information. For example, they're will to note the presence of a "high sea level anomaly" of six inches "or more", but not the effect that they're actually warning against.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday June 09 2017, @09:36PM
Just be glad i don't live there: with my luck an underwater earthquake would hit at that moment exactly and REALLY cause problems.
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