UPDATED November 24, 2012
Maps show coastal and low-lying areas that would be permanently flooded, without engineered protection, in three levels of higher seas. Percentages are the portion of dry, habitable land within the city limits of places listed that would be permanently submerged.
Baltimore
12% flooded
Flooding extends over much of downtown and many waterfront communities, like Dundalk.
Boston
Boston
37% flooded
Cambridge
86% flooded
The downtown island shrinks to mostly Beacon Hill. Many shore communities are flooded.
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