The studies project 10 to 14 inches on average for the East Coast, 14 to 18 inches for the Gulf Coast, and 4 to 8 inches for the West Coast.Īs for the U.S., scientists said there are 15 cities that could be underwater by 2050 due to climate change, and Charleston is one of those cities.
coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches above today’s waterline. NASA studies show by 2050, sea level along U.S. There are many cities across the country just like Charleston, battling rising sea levels, and of course, the hurricanes that flood areas and destroy buildings making them unlivable. Now, we are quickly having to deal with how to adapt to these increasingly changing conditions with water.” “Often, these buildings were built without regard for our modern-day challenges in terms of climate change. “Early on, people tended to settle along the coast and waterways,” said Erin Minnigan with the Preservation Society of Charleston. If you look around Charleston, you won’t be able to ignore the fact that this city is old, filled with buildings full of history and continuously under construction. “Then, in the last five years or so, we have flooded our crawl space below the house has flooded four times.” “For the first 20 years we lived here, there was no issue about flooding,” said Lee Kaplan, a resident of Charleston for 25 years. That is why cities are now starting to take action to preserve their city and their historic buildings.Ĭharleston, South Carolina is at the forefront of this issue.
Climate change is affecting our coastal cities, potentially flooding them in 50 years.
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