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Waikīkī faces escalating threat of sewage-contaminated flooding as sea level rises

A new study by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers revealed that Waikīkī is facing a fundamental shift in flood hazards as sea levels rise—transitioning from a flooding that is driven primarily by rainfall to events increasingly dominated by tidal processes.

Waikīkī faces escalating threat of sewage-contaminated flooding as sea level rises
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A new study by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers revealed that Waikīkī is facing a fundamental shift in flood hazards as sea levels rise—transitioning from a flooding that is driven primarily by rainfall to events increasingly dominated by tidal processes.

Originally published at Phys.org

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