Last updated October 15, 2021
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Hurricane Hermine 2016

United States

Hurricane Hermine brought heavy rains, widespread storm surge and power disruptions when it made landfall near St. Marks, Florida just after midnight on September 2. Hermine then inundated Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina with heavy rains before re-emerging over the ocean on September 3. Offshore, Hermine stalled, causing an unusually prolonged period of high surf, beach erosion, and storm-surge flooding along the Mid-Atlantic coastline from Delaware to Massachusetts.

The threat of catastrophic flooding through prolific rain and storm surge are two risks both significantly amplified by climate change. As the global temperature increases, so too does the ability of the atmosphere to hold and dump more water, while ocean warming increases evaporation driving extreme rainfall and intensity of tropical weather systems. Flooding is also amplified by sea level rise which extends the reach of storm surge.

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