Tag: US East Coast

Climate change, population threaten ‘staggering’ US flood losses by 2050

by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden. The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change used new flood models to map out the present and future impact of sea level rise, tropical cyclones and […]

Hurricane Florence closes in on US east coast

by Sébastien DUVAL / with Leila Macor in Columbia, South Carolina Agence France-Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dangerous Hurricane Florence edged closer Thursday to delivering a powerful blow to the east coast of the United States, with forecasters warning of life-threatening rainfall and flooding even as it weakened to a Category 2 storm. As day broke for millions of jittery Americans in the monster storm’s path, rain from the Florence’s outer bands approached the […]