"On January 13, 2024, the day that the photographs above were taken, it measured water levels three feet higher than predicted.”

"the team predicts that in the next decade, water levels at the coastline of the Battery could rise nearly as much as they did in the previous 100 years, increasing seven to 11 inches by the 2030s.”

Flood Pressure

Since the date of that photograph, sea level has fallen about one foot at a rate of 21 meters per century.

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/data/8518750_meantrend.csv

Sea level there is lower now than it was in March of 1958.

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