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A Serious Look At Water-level Rise In Low-lying South Florida

ILLUSTRATION BY JACOB ESCOBEDO
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ILLUSTRATION BY JACOB ESCOBEDO

02/24/16 -  Don’t miss Wednesday’s Topical Currents,  for a serious look at water-level rise in low-lying South Florida.

Miami Beach’s storm drains and gutters now often flood with seawater.  And experts say area leaders are in denial of almost certain inundation.

Elizabeth Kolbert At DK-13.
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Elizabeth Kolbert At DK-13.

We speak with journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, who wrote The New Yo rkerarticle, “Miami Under Siege”;and the University of Miami’s Geological-Science Department Chair, Dr. Harold Wanless.

That’s Topical Currents,Wednesday at 1pm.

Read the article here:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami

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