Global warming is progressing at such an alarming rate that water management experts like Henk Ovink predict that by the end of this century, low laying cities like Miami, Manhattan, Vancouver, Houston and many others will be fully, or partially, swamped by the expected 6 to 10 foot rise in sea levels.
"Urban dwellers must brace for a new reality in which extreme weather events are more frequent, less predictable – and more deadly – than ever before. Two to four billion people in coastal regions could be hit hard,"says Mr. Ovink
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