Coastal Flooding In These Cities Will Only Get Worse, Report Says

New York City is the most vulnerable to flooding today when it comes to coastal cities and those odds don't get any better in the future.

According to an analysis by Climate Central, when compared to other coastal cities with populations of 20,000 or greater, New York City ranked first as the city most vulnerable to coastal flooding today. The majority of the other cities that Climate Central deemed most vulnerable to coastal flooding today were in Florida.

Miami ranked second and was followed by Pembroke Pines. The two other cities that made the list and were not located in Florida were Charleston, South Carolina (15) and Atlantic City, New Jersey (23). A total of 25 cities were on the list.

By the year 2050, New York City still ranks as the city most vulnerable to coastal flooding. Climate Central reranked cities based on which have the larges populations in expanded areas that could be threatened due to rising sea levels.

Hialeah, Florida and Miami ranked second and third on the list. Charleston ranked 11, Norfolk, Virginia ranked 16, Boston ranked 19 and Virginia Beach, Virginia ranked 21. All the other cities on the list were located in Florida.

Climate Central also ranked cities by their "high social vulnerability" population and Ne York City ranked second. Hialeah, Florida ranked number one in that category. High social vulnerability was calculated using an index that measures the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards.

"New York City, Philadelphia, Houston, Baltimore, and Miami were ranked as the top five cities with the largest high social vulnerability populations within the future FEMA 100-year floodplain — and thus face a difficult double jeopardy over time," the analysis says.

You can see the full analysis by Climate Central here.

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