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The Washington Post
As sea levels rise, experts say, there are many cities with outdated and overmatched infrastructure systems. “Storm water flooding is getting worse and is unsustainable,” said Renee Collini, director of the Community Resilience Center at the Water Institute. “Almost all our systems are gravity fed, and they were built out a long time ago. Hinote, like his counterparts facing similar predicaments, has struggled with how best to solve the changes that are happening - and the even more dramatic ones scientists say are on the way. More here.