By Sallie James
When it rains, it pours, which it did late in March inside City Hall when heavy storms blew through southern Palm Beach County and a clogged roof drain caused a huge leak.
During a driving rainstorm on March 24, rainwater pooled on a se
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Seasonal high tides inundated the walkway along the docks at Veterans Park in Delray Beach on Nov. 25. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach closed its public boat docks at Veterans Park in late November while it assesses the stabi
FAU urban planning student Adam Chapman measures 8 to 10 inches of water on Southeast First Street in Delray Beach.
Lake Boca Raton crested over the sea wall and breached the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal St
As the moon was at its closest point to the Earth in late September, its strong gravitational pull
drew higher than normal tidal waters over seawalls and bulkheads along the coast. The annual
autumn event, called a ‘king tide,’ followed a rare total
As of the 0930 hours National Hurricane Center update, Tropical Storm Erika has dissipated. The National Weather Service forecasts 3-5” of rainfall near SE Florida coast, with much higher amounts possible in some areas beginning late tonight through
Water floods part of the northbound lane of A1A
in front of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
during October’s king tides.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The high tides of October invaded areas of Manalapan that only torrential downpours
Cory Lambe (left) clears out drains along Lands End Road on Hypoluxo Island.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Bill Otis and Challis Thompson chat while checking out flooding on the north end
of McKinley Park on Hypoluxo Island.
By Dan Moff
Several seawalls, pools and yards in Manalapan were seriously damaged by the constant pounding of the surf from Hurricane Sandy and seasonal high tides. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
More photos from Hurricane Sandy
By Tim O’Meilia
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By Antigone Barton
If the rewards of life by the sea are immeasurable, a report released last month showed the risks, at least, are calculable.
Global warming, rising sea levels and storms all add up to odds of flooding that will redraw the
