Sinking Cities: Miami Preview

Miami is beloved for its beaches and waterfront homes and businesses. See how engineers and planners are trying to protect Miami from rising seas and ever-more-frequent and violent storm surges that could destroy the city’s tourist and business economy.

TRANSCRIPT

[NARRATOR] Miami is considered the most at-risk city worldwide

due to rising sea level and storm-related flooding.

"We're gonna get two feet of sea level rise by 2060.

"By 2100, we might get 6 feet of water. The water is coming."

"We already see 20 days a year, the water is higher than the land."

"Water is coming from the side, from below, from above.

"Miami has got to decide: how do we solve the issues of sea level rise?"