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posted by martyb on Friday June 09 2017, @03:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the coastal-areas-beware dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Friday June 09 2017, @06:34PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 09 2017, @06:34PM (#523199) Journal

    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.

    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.

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