Water flows downhill. Heated water expands. The moon’s proximity to the Earth affects the height of tides. Dropping pressure in a storm raises tide levels, and wind increases the height of waves.
As we enter another hurricane season, I’m thinking a
sea level rise (13)
By Steve Plunkett
Residents now have the blessing of the Town Council to raise their homes on stilts, but whether the corporation will permit it remains the big question.
The council approved the creation of an “elevated single-family home overlay di
Boca Raton has been awarded more than $1.3 million in state Resilient Florida grants to help pay for projects that protect against rising sea levels.
A $700,000 grant went to the Lake Wyman restoration and improvement program that includes mangrove ha
King tide levels barely came over the sea walls in some portions of Briny Breezes on Oct. 10 — not as bad as in recent years, when at times more than 10 inches of water stood on some streets west of State Road A1A. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joe
By Joe Capozzi
As town officials embark on ambitious plans to protect Briny Breezes from sea level rise, they’re looking for creative ways to help pay for the expensive ongoing project.
Town Council members took one such step Aug. 25 when they voted
By Joe Capozzi
In what town officials call “a huge win,’’ Briny Breezes has received a $330,000 state grant to help pay for an ambitious flood and sea level rise protection plan.
The plan is one of 98 projects statewide awarding nearly $20 million th
By Joe Capozzi
As Briny Breezes Council President Sue Thaler sees it, there was nothing nefarious about her efforts to gather feedback from residents about a hot topic around town — proposed code changes that would help homes adapt to rising sea lev
By Dan Moffett
Like many South Florida municipalities, Manalapan is struggling to keep its building code in line with a fast-changing world.
A statewide construction boom, coupled with new flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Manageme
I’ve watched one tide turn since we started this newspaper almost 10 years ago: Where there once was a reluctance to utter the words “sea level rise” from the dais, the phrase now is part of the municipal vernacular during discussions on building reg
There is water in the streets. It’s there when it rains hard, when tropical weather blows through, when the highest tides of the year align with phases of the moon and when Lake Okeechobee water is diverted into canals and drained into the ocean.
By Cheryl Blackerby
Palm Beach County joined Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in 2009 to present the first Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit. Elected officials from all four counties came together to discuss challenges an
By Cheryl Blackerby
The subject was climate change, and Bob Perciasepe, deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, admitted early on, “I know I’m preaching to the choir here in southeast Florida.”
Perciasepe was the fea
Elevation: How high your house is above sea level, which can vary from low tide to high tide to high autumnal tide.
Limestone: Porous rock that is the foundation of South Florida and allows sea water to penetrate inland.
Managed retreat: When popula
