'Storm of the Century' May Become 'Storm of the Decade'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120223133216.htm

ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2012) — As the Earth's climate changes, the worst inundations from hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more common in low-lying coastal areas, a new study suggests. Researchers from Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that regions such as the New York City metropolitan area that currently experience a disastrous flood every century could instead become submerged every one or two decades.

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