Waterworld ; Flooding Will Become Common As Seas Rise

Sunday Mirror (July 05, 2009)

Author: Jim Clarke

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THIS week a thunderstorm caused flash floods in Dublin - a sight that is becoming more common all around the island.

Most Irish cities are lowlying, next to rivers or the sea and the bad news is that in the future, flooding could become the norm.

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Waterworld ; Flooding Will Become Common As Seas Rise

Experts claim sea levels will rise by 25 metres - 75 feet - over the next 2,000 years and that sort of increase would put most - if not all - of our major cities under water.

Such a rise would cause havoc in Ireland, destroying cities, trans-portpower distributio...

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