By 2045, some East Coast cities could flood 3 times a week

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By John UptonFeb 9, 2017, 8:00 pm109 pts
The lawns of homes purchased this year in vast swaths of coastal America could regularly be underwater before the mortgage has even been paid off, with new research showing high-tide flooding could become nearly incessant in places within 30 years. Such floods could occur several times a week on average by 2045…

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