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Coastal cities face more widespread, deeper floods as climate warms

As just one example, flooding is already part of life in Ho Chi Minh City. If a 100-year flood occurred there in 2050, it would cover 1.5 times more area than it would today. And that’s not the worst scenario.

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To read the article, see “Can coastal cities turn the tide on rising flood risk?,” April 20, 2020.