With tidal flooding on the rise for a decade, the most recent King Tide served as another reminder of the need for South Florida to prepare for rising seas.
"Across South Florida over the weekend and early Monday, the seasonal king tide pushed the ocean to places where it didn’t belong," reports Jenny Staletovich.
The King Tides served as a reminder of the state's status as the most vulnerable, in terms of property and people, to sea-level rise in the nation.
Staletovich tours the region for signs of the King Tide's effects, sampling Instagram photos of flooded parks, streets, and dry docks. As a test of the early efforts in a $500 million sea-level rise protection plan, Miami Beach performed well, according to locals. Tidal flooding has already increased 400 percent since 2006 in Miami Beach.
FULL STORY: King tide rolls over South Florida
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