Miami is spending hundreds of millions to keep the water at bay. Some streets regularly flood high enough to swamp a car. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-flood-p

Miami is spending hundreds of millions to keep the water at bay. Some streets regularly flood high enough to swamp a car. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-flood-prone-miami-billions-tackling-sea.html https://phys.org/news/2021-02-flood-prone-miami-billions-tac... > The area, with extensive wetlands and sitting on porous stone that acts like a sponge, makes the state one of the most at risk from rising sea levels. The problem is so visible that, during the summer rainy season, it is common to see Miamians kayaking along flooded avenues and cars sunk up to their windows. https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-miami-keeps-building-rising-seas-deepen-its-social-divide https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-miami-keeps-building-risin... > Municipalities here have set aside at least $800 million to fight the rising sea. > And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed to boost the spending with a $4.6 billion plan to secure Miami from storm surge > The City of Miami Beach spent some $400 million installing pumps and raising streets around neighborhoods that regularly flooded during high tides