Episodes

  • Retreat from rising waters is gaining traction around coastal Virginia

    Retreat from rising waters is gaining traction around coastal Virginia
    Nov 3 2021
    Welcome to Ground Zero in Chesapeake’s quest to move people away from flood-prone land.
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  • New interactive map shows how sea level rise could impact socially vulnerable areas

    New interactive map shows how sea level rise could impact socially vulnerable areas
    Nov 5 2021
    A new map produced by Old Dominion University, in partnership with WHRO, highlights socially-vulnerable areas at risk from sea level rise.
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  • ‘It’s a lonely neighborhood’: How flood buyouts changed one Newport News community

    ‘It’s a lonely neighborhood’: How flood buyouts changed one Newport News community
    Nov 8 2021
    Most buyouts in Newport News are around the Salters Creek area. Many residents aren't happy about it.
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  • ‘It’s coming quicker than we realize’: Reckoning with a future of more flooding

    ‘It’s coming quicker than we realize’: Reckoning with a future of more flooding
    Nov 15 2021
    Their homes could go underwater in the next 20 years. How are they responding?
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  • ‘It makes you feel deflated’: How rising seas threaten farming in Eastern Virginia

    ‘It makes you feel deflated’: How rising seas threaten farming in Eastern Virginia
    Nov 22 2021
    Coastal Virginia farmers are watching their land flood and crops die more often as the region experiences the fastest average rate of sea level rise on the Atlantic coast.
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  • Flooding around Hampton Roads is making it harder to drive kids to, from school

    Flooding around Hampton Roads is making it harder to drive kids to, from school
    Nov 29 2021
    School district officials say they must watch the weather and often alter school bus routes when streets flood.
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  • A growing problem underground: Sea level rise is compromising septic systems

    A growing problem underground: Sea level rise is compromising septic systems
    Dec 6 2021
    There are more than a million septic systems in Virginia. The rising seas threaten many of them.
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  • ‘This process has been hell’: Sea level rise could make it even harder to find affordable housing

    ‘This process has been hell’: Sea level rise could make it even harder to find affordable housing
    Dec 15 2021
    Where will people move if some apartments go underwater and become unlivable?
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