Galveston is another well known instance of this. After much of the city was destroyed by a hurricane storm surge in 1900, it was raised quite significantly. Th

Galveston is another well known instance of this. After much of the city was destroyed by a hurricane storm surge in 1900, it was raised quite significantly. There's a good read about it here: https://texashillcountry.com/raising-galveston-storm-1900/ https://texashillcountry.com/raising-galveston-storm-1900/