ASSOCIATED PRESS • February 15, 2024
Many scientists who study the intersection of climate change, flooding, winter storms and sea level rise say last month’s storms that destroyed wharfs in Maine, eroded sand dunes in New Hampshire and flooded parts of New Jersey still coping with hurricane damage from years ago are becoming more the norm than the exception, and the time to prepare for them is now. In the Northeast, the problem of climate change is especially acute because of forecasted sea level rise here. January’s onslaught was devastating for working waterfront communities in Maine where dozens of docks, buildings and wharfs were damaged or destroyed.