New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 3: Static Coastal Flood Mapping

Storm surge is an increase in water level caused bywinds and low atmospheric pressure and combineswith tides to form the total water elevation duringa storm, also known as the storm tide or stillwaterelevation. Storm tides are among the world’s mostcostlyanddeadlyhazards,bringingfloodwatersandwaves capable of damaging and disabling infras-tructure, homes, and property, as well as threat-ening human life and health. Sea level rise in theNew York metropolitan region has already been in-creasing the number of coastal flood events (seee.g.,Colle

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