Article 6ZX7F ‘Entire neighborhoods will have to move’: growth collides with rising seas in Charleston

‘Entire neighborhoods will have to move’: growth collides with rising seas in Charleston

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Ames Alexander
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Residents worry new developments - including a sea wall planned to shield the city's historic center - could push floodwaters into their communities

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action

On a quiet street near the marsh in Charleston, South Carolina's Rosemont neighborhood, Luvenia Brown watches the weather reports more than she used to. She's lost lawn mowers, bikes and outdoor furniture to the rising waters that have repeatedly crept into her yard.

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