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New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making Sunny day high tide nuisance flooding in downtown Miami, Florida in October 2016. Credit: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Alan Buis, NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory A new tool developed with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Division helps decision makers and others assess how sea level rise and other factors will affect the frequency of high tide flooding in U.S. coastal locations in the next 50 to 100 years. High-tide flooding, also known as “sunny day” or nuisance flooding, is an increasingly frequent occurrence in coastal areas around the United States. The Flooding Days Projection Tool is an online dashboard that projects the number of high tide flooding days per year for 97 U.S. cities, based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) impact thresholds. These thresholds provide a safety gap between regular high tide water levels and conditions that result in flooding

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