Ben Doherty
October 17, 2008
MORE than 700,000 Australian homes are vulnerable to rising sea levels, with up to $150 billion worth of homes, property and infrastructure at risk of seawater inundation, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Almost all Australians will be affected by rising sea levels, according to the Federal Government’s Department of Climate Change.
“Eighty per cent of the Australian population lives in the coastal zone, and approximately 711,000 addresses are within three kilometres of the coast and less than six metres above sea level,” the department said in a submission.
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/rising-sea-could-flood-700000-homes-20081016-52es.html