Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities

The co-occurrence of storm surge and heavy precipitation can compound coastal flooding. Research now estimates the probability of such co-occurrences for the US and shows that the number of events has increased significantly over the past century.

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