“Oceans rise, houses fall: The California beach dream home is turning into a nightmare”
USA Today now has covered the loss of coastal houses in California due to sea level rise.
Sea Level rise comes to the U.S.
By
USA TODAY
September 22, 2022
CALIFORNIA – Tyree Johnson loved his apartment that overlooked the Pacific Ocean – until it started to crumble down a cliff into the sea.
For 15 years, he could enjoy sunsets over the water from his back porch in Pacifica, a few miles southwest of San Francisco.
Pods of dolphins swam by and hang gliders floated overhead. But all that splendor came with a risk: The bluffs were weakening, and the ocean was gnawing away below.