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Flash floods in Washington, DC take their toll on dockless bikes and scooters

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Flash flooding in Washington, DC has thrown the capital region in chaos, with reports of water rescues, traffic closures, and power outages. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/8/20686460/washington-flash-flood-scooter-bird-lime-jump-bikes https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64688289/1154620712.jpg.0.jpg

Sea Level Rise Will Flood Hundreds of Cities in the Near Future

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" By  Laura Parker PUBLISHED  JULY 12, 2017 Sea level rise   caused by global warming is usually cast as a doomsday scenario that will play out so far into the future, it’s easy to ignore. Just ask anyone in South Florida, where new construction proceeds apace. Yet already, more than 90 coastal communities in the United States are battling chronic flooding, meaning the kind of flooding that’s so unmanageable it prompts people to move away.... " http://buff.ly/2v39yyS via Buffer