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Coastal Flooding

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-005431

Flooding that occurs from storms where water is driven onto land from an adjacent body of water. These can be hurricanes, "nor'easters," or tropical storms, but even a severe winter storm or thunderstorm can cause this type of flooding.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-005431
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005431",
  "term": "Coastal Flooding",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Flooding that occurs from storms where water is driven onto land from an adjacent body of water. These can be hurricanes, \"nor'easters,\" or tropical storms, but even a severe winter storm or thunderstorm can cause this type of flooding.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/coastal-flooding/"
}

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