Tandem heat waves, storm surges increasingly batter coasts: Study
Deadly flash floods devastated Libya’s coastal city of Derna in September 2023. Coastal communities need to prepare for simultaneous extreme weather events as heat waves increasingly overlap with surges in sea levels due to climate change, a study published on Thursday warned. Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied individually but researchers
Tomi Grisby
April 15, 2024