The lure of living beachside has long been Florida's biggest draw. But with sea levels expected to rise one foot by 2030 and another three feet by the end of the century, many dream homes could become nightmares.
and see for yourself. The site's a work in progress, so not every home is there but if your home is, and at low elevation, it likely will pop up as at "high-risk" of flooding and property damages.
Satellite Beach and other coastal cities for years have been warning residents in the most vulnerable spots to start planning countermeasures now. To bring concrete data to those warnings, Satellite Beach hired HighTide Intelligence to do a $295,000, three-year study to assess flood risk from rising seas.
Statewide, HighTide found that within Florida's 35 coastal counties, a once-in-a-century storm would:By 2030, as the sea levels rise, it's 1.3 million buildings and $270 billion.Then by 2100, it's 2.4 million buildings and whopping $624.5 billion in losses. And for thousands in this small city of just 11,200 residents, that risk is mounting. Unless the city prepares, rising seas and powerful storms will put 2,200 households in Satellite Beach — half the city's total — at risk and could inflict $142 million in flood damages to buildings by 2050, according to HighTide's study.
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