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Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced.
Officials have a new plan to manage rising water. Succeed or fail, it will very likely become a case study for other cities facing climate threats.
A flooded street during high tide in Miami Beach in 2015.Credit.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press
March 2, 2021
Officials in Miami-Dade County, where climate models predict two feet or more of sea-level rise by 2060, have released an upbeat strategy for living with more water, one that focused on elevating homes and roads, more dense construction farther inland and creating more open space for flooding in low-lying areas.
The blueprint, made public on Friday, portrayed rising seas as mostly manageable, especially for a low-lying area with a century of experience managing water.
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A screen shot shows the Little River, which forks off the Miami River west of Hialeah and winds across Miami to Biscayne Bay.
As rising seas continue their inland march, neighborhoods up and down the Little River could be among the hardest hit in South Florida.
Chronic flooding has already led insurers to write-off some properties as repetitive losses. Low-lying septic systems regularly flood, pushing bacteria levels in the river to hover around 40% year-round. And the South Florida Water Management District, which operates massive pumps to keep water out, has found pumps would be overwhelmed possibly as soon as this decade.