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ARTICLE #1- Coastal communities from North Carolina to southern New England worked to

recover Sunday from moderate to major flooding that struck during high tides as a blizzard
and high winds hammered the Mid-Atlantic region."This, in my opinion, is worse
than (Hurricane) Sandy," Len Desiderio, the mayor of Sea Isle City, N.J., told CBS Philly
Sunday. "We're dealing with severe Flooding."The National Weather Service said coastal
flood warnings remained in place Sunday from North Carolina to Maine. Three consecutive
high tides Saturday and Sunday aggravated by storm winds and the pull of a full moon
created havoc along shoreline areas.As the storm surge flooded the underground electrical
infrastructure in downtown Ocean City, N.J., on Saturday, Delmarva Power cut power to
hundreds of customers as a precaution, according to the Associated Press. Atlantic City was
also hit by flooding, and firefighters struggled to deal with a blaze in Sea Isle City because of
flooding, the AP reported.Record high levels of water were reported in three New Jersey
locations: Great Channel at Stone River, Cape May Harbor and Delaware Bay at Cape May,
the Weather Channel said. Floodwaters rose to 9.27 feet in Lewes, Del., on Saturday, setting
a record there.Pounding waves damaged the north end of the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk in
Delaware and dunes were washed away, according to The News Journal.High tides Sunday
pushed waters back into many New Jersey streets in coastal communities, including Sea
Bright, Long Beach, Hazlet and Manasquan, but the flooding in many places soon receded,
according to Asbury Park Press.
Article #2- Coastal communities in Devon and Cornwall flooded
Coastal towns in south-west England have been left flooded after being hit by strong winds,
large waves and a high tide.
The Environment Agency earlier warned of extreme danger on the Cornish coast and issued
a severe flood warning.
Elsewhere in England, a woman died in Sussex after being carried out to sea by strong
currents on Saturday.On the Somerset Levels, police said flood-hit villages were being
targeted by thieves.600 gallons of domestic heating oil was reported stolen from a farm in
the Somerset village of Moorland and two fire service quad bikes were taken from nearby
Burrowbridge.Meanwhile, Environment Minister Owen Paterson has said the government will
spend an extra 100,000 a week to pump water from Somerset's flood-ravaged areas.About
100,000 a week is currently being spent on pumping operations on the moors and levels.
Mr Paterson said 21 properties remained flooded and 200 people were still cut off in the
villages of Muchelney, Thorney, Oath, Stathe and North Moor on Monday afternoon.Severe
flood warnings are in force along the River Severn, while further heavy rainfall could see
flooding for much of south-west and southern England.
Third article-To Save Coral Reefs, First Save the Mangroves
With coral reefs in decline and NOAA calling for a larger
protected area for reefs in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S.
Geological Survey scientists are pointing out another
strategy to save reefs: First save the mangroves.Mangrove
trees' thickets of stilt-like roots protect coastal land from
erosion and help mitigate the damage of tsunamis and
hurricanes.They may also serve as a haven for corals,
according to a recent report in Biogeo sciences. (Read
more about how mangroves support animal life.)Warming
waters have not been kind to coral reefs. Heat causes
corals to release the photosynthetic algae that live within

and help feed the reefbuilding creaturesa phenomenon called bleaching, which is often
fatal. In the Caribbean, where bleaching is widespread, more than 50 percent of the area
that was covered by reefs in the 1970s is no longer.In the mangroves of Hurricane Hole on
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, however, Caroline Rogers of the USGS made a startling
discovery. Growing among the tree roots were more than 30 coral species, including four
threatened species. Some of the older corals must have survived bleaching that devastated
the nearby reefs, suggesting the mangroves protected them.
Fourth Article-Rising seas will drown mangrove forests

The Indo-Pacific region holds most of the worlds mangrove forests15 October 2015
Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to
international research published today.Even with relatively low sea-level rises, many
mangrove forests had a poor outlook, said University of Queensland ecologist Professor
Catherine Lovelock.Mangrove forests are particularly vulnerable, she said.Mangroves are
predicted to be submerged in parts of Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands.However the outlook in other parts of the world was more positive.Our
modelling shows mangroves are likely to persist in east Africa, the Bay of Bengal, eastern
Borneo and north-western Australia - areas where there are relatively large tidal ranges
and/or higher sediment supply, said Professor Lovelock, who works in UQs School of
Biological Sciences and the Global Change Institute.Even in other areas though, the good
news is that through accretion of sediment and maintenance of wetland soils, mangrove
forests do have the capacity to avoid inundation and keep pace with sea-level rise.Professor
Lovelock said there was an urgent need to plan for the maintenance of sediment supply in
river systems that were likely to be dammed or heavily modified in future.
The Indo-Pacific region holds most of the worlds mangrove forests, but sediment delivery
in this region is declining, due to activities such as dam construction, she said.
This is of particular concern as this region is expected to have variable but high rates of
future sea-level rise.Forest degradation had to be reversed because it reduced organic
inputs to soils that was vital for mangrove survival, Professor Lovelock said.Plans should be
made for the landward migration of vulnerable mangrove forests to higher elevations.

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