With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners have to get more creative. For some, that means moving to higher ground, but for others, it's just moving the house higher.
Brovont points to flooding hot spots like Houston, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. "Of course, New Jersey and Connecticut shoreline are always susceptible to that as well," he added. "And then you get those high tides, what they call king tides in some areas. You get that combined with a storm coming in, and that can just do tremendous damage."
The flood risk to their Oceanport, New Jersey, home is increasing, however, so to stay in their home, they had to lift it."It's just something that unfortunately we're faced with," he said. "You know, whether it's climate change or anything else." And as storms increase in frequency and intensity, it's likely this kind of devastation will continue. There were 22 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the U.S. in 2020, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That crushes the previous annual record of 16 events, which occurred in 2017 and 2011. The 22 events cost the nation a combined $95 billion in damages. The U.S. saw a record 30 named hurricanes last year, and 12 made landfall, also a record.
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