Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean

Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean

The county most at risk for coastal flooding is not in Florida, North Carolina or New Jersey, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It's not even on a coast. It's Cowlitz County, Wash., population 102,000, about 50 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean on the Columbia River.