India, April 3 -- Within 25 years, rising seas will extend the potential reach of a severe coastal flood over areas where more than 2.5 million Americans currently live, according to a new climate analysis.
The homes of an estimated 271,000 New York City residents, as well as large numbers of people in Boston, New York's Long Island, and coastal New Jersey are under threat of being inundated.
Florida is the U.S. state facing the greatest threat, with more than 500,000 residents living within the projected risk zone of a 100-year flood by mid-century, says the study published by Climate Central.
Florida homes represent roughly one-quarter of the 1.4 million homes within reach of a severe coastal flood by 2050. Those sites are mapped by Co...