Global Flooding to Impact Twice as Many People by 2030, Study Finds

Global Flooding to Impact Twice as
Many People by 2030, Study Finds The analysis comes from
non-profit organization
World Resources Institute (WRI). It says that by 2030, 147 million people worldwide will
be affected by flooding rivers and coasts. That is double the 72 million
who were impacted in 2010. Property damage costs will
also jump to $712 billion from
$174 billion annually. The report adds that by 2050, flooding will reach
"catastrophic levels" and impact 221 million people. WRI's Charlie Iceland says the organization did
not expect these numbers in 2014 when it
built a device for flood modeling. WRI director
Charlie Iceland South and Southeast Asia are said to be where
climate-enhanced flooding will be at its worst. In the United States, coastal flood
damage will cost $38 billion by 2050. That is a huge increase from the
$1.8 billion America had
to pay in 2010. Massachusetts, Florida and
Louisiana alone account for
half of the people at risk.