N&O forum will explore rising sea levels and the N.C. coast
It's called " sunny day flooding." In normally dry areas of coastal communities, water invades, seemingly without cause. But there is a cause. The sea level is rising and tidal pulls bring water further into low-lying areas. The flooding is perhaps the only sign of a phenomenon that is otherwise so gradual as to be invisible.
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