"Sea level rise is eating into the revenue of this quaint coastal business district. An innovative new study estimates the economic costs."
"The City Dock neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland, is a quaint cluster of colonial brick buildings nestled around a small inlet of the Severn River. Just uphill is Maryland's historic State House, where George Washington resigned his post as general of the Continental Army after defeating the British. Much of the architecture remains untouched since then, but the waters of the inlet have risen well over a foot, and today the waterfront floods frequently.
Flooding in the Annapolis area is so common, in fact—63 times in 2017 by one measure—that it's beginning to have a noticeable impact on local businesses by driving away customers. ...
The average number of days with high-tide flooding has more than doubled since 2000 across the Southeastern United States, while in the Northeast it has jumped 75 percent. All around the nation's coasts, those numbers will continue to rise throughout the century. Many cities that hardly ever flood today are projected to do so on a daily basis by 2100, according to NOAA modeling."
Nicholas Kusnetz reports for InsideClimate News February 15, 2019.
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