Shallow Coastal Flooding

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025388",
  "term": "Shallow Coastal Flooding",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The inundation of land areas along the coast caused by higher than average high tide and worsened by heavy rainfall and onshore winds (i.e., wind blowing landward from the ocean). Places like Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, experience impacts from shallow coastal flooding several times a year because of coastal development and lower elevation.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coastal Inundation Toolkit Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/shallow-coastal-flooding/"
}