City Floats App Warning for Sunny-Day Rising Waters

Charleston named finalist in national contest for its tidal flooding alerts idea By Cleve O’Quinn coquinn@postandcourier.com Feb 21, 2018 Updated Feb 21, 2018 Brooks Harrison of Charleston looks out the door of Eastside Soul Food in 2015 as tidal flooding...

Post and Courier Editorial: Soak Six Million Visitors

Let tourists help on flooding Huge waves crash over the High Battery Monday, September 11, 2017, as the Charleston area was socked Tropical Storm Irma. Brad Nettles/Staff Charleston needs about $2 billion to fund needed drainage and flood prevention improvements, and...

Satellites See Sea Levels Rising Faster than Anticipated

New study finds sea level rise accelerating PR release by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center  Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data....

Mayor’s Predicament: Land or Sea

Charleston will have to choose between flooding prevention and I-526 BY STEVE BAILEY  What will the mayor do? John Tecklenburg has created a dilemma for himself, championing I-526 and declaring flooding his No. 1 priority. Soon, very soon, he may have to choose....

Receding Carolina Shores Newly Revealed by Computer Maps

Slowly but surely, South Carolina’s incredibly complex shoreline is losing ground Our Vanishing Coast By Tony Bartelme tbartelme@postandcourier.com  In South Carolina, tides flow deep inland through twists and turns of creeks, beaches and salt marsh, a shoreline...