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On the recordMay 20, 2019
It seems like 14 inches in the last 20 years. And I think Northrop Grumman that did the charts suggested that Norfolk and Portsmouth will be underwater something like 60 percent of the year, their downtowns by 2040.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer discusses alarming projections of flooding in Norfolk and Portsmouth due to climate change.

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