"Rising Seas Overwhelm Delaware Tide Gates"

"SOUTHBRIDGE, Delaware — Down by the railroad tracks that cut through the neighborhood’s south end, water is pooled on the road even on a hot August day, remnants of a downpour the day before. The road is submerged regularly here, flooding the basements of nearby residents.

Richard King grew up in the neighborhood. 'When I grew up and we got a big rain, we didn’t have to worry about it,' he said. 'The only thing that flooded was right down here at the park, and that would maybe be half the day … but that would go down with the tide, and that was the end of that.'

'When there are big rains in the middle of the night, you'll see the waters. It looks almost like a wave. It will wash up and then roll right back out,' he said."

Natasja Sheriff reports for Aljazeera America October 16, 2015.

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