Miami Beach , Atlantic City , and Mount Pleasant are among the 12 US cities most at endangerment from ocean degree rise .

This info amount courtesy of24/7 Wall Street , a financial news and comment web site that created a inclination of the 35 metropolis most likely to go underwater . The result are based on data gather by the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) in their2018 reporton ocean layer rise , which found nigh 2.5 million property will be at risk of inveterate flooding by 2100 .

The list include information on the universe with homes at risk of implosion therapy in 2060 and 2100 as well as habitable demesne that will be subaquatic by 2060 and 2100 , and current belongings economic value at risk in 2060 . The numbers are establish on the UCS ' " mellow " scenario , which betoken a 2   meter ( 6.6 feet ) rise above 1992 sea stage   by the end of the century . Properties included in " risk of exposure of implosion therapy " are those at endangerment of swamp 26 times or more a year .

Unsurprisingly , coastal cities fare forged than inland urban centers , but those in Florida and New Jersey are some of the most at risk of infection .

" By the end of the hundred , Florida alone would describe for more than 40   percent of the land ’s at - endangerment homes , " the reportstates .   " In New Jersey , in the same time frame , more than 250,000   homes would be at risk . "

Miami Beach in Florida top off the list because it has the highest number of house physician ( 39,547 ) with home at risk of flooding in 2060 . Hoboken and Atlantic City , both in New Jersey , descend 2d and third respectively with   14,747 and   13,687 resident with homes at peril of flooding in 2060 .

And so ,   without further ado , the 12   cities most at peril from sea level rise are ,   in descending orderliness :

1 . Miami Beach , Florida ( inhabitable land that will be underwater by 2100 : 94.1 percent )

2 . Hoboken , New Jersey ( 71.3 percentage )

3 . Atlantic City , New Jersey ( 92.8 percent )

4 . Key West , Florida ( 94.4 per centum )

5 . Galveston , Texas ( 90 percent )

6 . Hilton Head Island , South Carolina ( 57.6 pct )

7 . Lower Keys , Florida ( 97.9 percent )

8 . Mount Pleasant , South Carolina ( 53.3 percentage )

9 . Chesapeake , Virginia ( 98.3 pct )

10 . Upper Keys , Florida ( 77.4 percent )

11 . Boca Ciega , Florida ( 23.7 percent )

12 . Ocean City , New Jersey ( 98.3 pct )

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