Swathes of Melbourne could face flooding from rising sea levels, new long-term modelling suggests
by Adeshola Ore from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HRT0)
Government analysis finds climate change could see a quarter of Port Philip council area facing inundation from a 1.1-metre sea level rise and one-in-100-chance storm
More than 4.7 sq km of inner-Melbourne and swathes of Port Phillip Bay could face the threat of rising sea levels and storm tides fuelled by climate change in the coming decades, complex modelling released by the Victorian government shows.
The Port Phillip Bay coastal hazard assessment, released on Thursday, found that Docklands and Southbank in the Melbourne city council area could face inundation in the scenario of a 1.1-metre sea level rise, during a one-in-100-chance storm-tide event.
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