but ultimately it failed because nature caught up with us. the solution was expensive, nearly 3 million dollars to rebuild the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. the intensity of the storms have really increased. so you are seeing the eck dreams get more extreme. the extremes are getting way more extreme. more intense storms fueled by climate change are battering shorelines in cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. melissa scanlon is director of the center for water policy at the university of which wisconsin milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake, michigan, which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. so it is normal for the great lakes to rise and fall.
fueled by climate change are battering shorelines and cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. reporter: melissa scanlan is director of the center for water policy at the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake michigan which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. so it s normal for the great lakes to rise and fall. how is that cycle changing? the highs are getting higher and the lows are getting lower. i m most concerned about flooding, and sewage contaminating the drinking water supply for millions of people. reporter: when intense storms overwhelm milwaukee s storm water systems, sewage can get dumped into lake michigan. and what we re trying to do is, instead of speeding up the