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DOCUMENT 1 $1B for floods: How Vancouver is preparing for rising sea levels The City of Vancouver says it needs to spend $1 billion this century so it can brace [itself] for potential flooding along its coastline in the event of rising sea levels and storm surges. Flood-related impacts of
DOCUMENT 1 $1B for floods: How Vancouver is preparing for rising sea levels The City of Vancouver says it needs to spend $1 billion this century so it can brace [itself] for potential flooding along its coastline in the event of rising sea levels and storm surges. Flood-related impacts of climate change are being felt by coastal cities around the 5 world, the city said in a statement [on] Thursday, prompting communities like Vancouver to take proactive measures. Among those measures was retaining a consultation team to assess the potential for flooding along the city's shorelines in view of a projected rise of sea levels. "Vancouver faces very real impacts and we must be prepared," Mayor Gregor 10 Robertson said. "Vancouver is focused on being among the most resilient, livable and green cities in the world which means taking bold action to reduce our environmental impact and adapt to climate change." The city has a history of "king tides," naturally occurring and predictable high tides, 15 which have caused flooding along the coastline in the past. The report used an estimate from an assessment prepared for the B.C.1 Ministry of Environment in 2011, which suggested the sea level will rise by 0.5 metres in the next 30 years if no action is taken, and by a full metre by 2100. It also looked at a more conservative rise of 0.6 metres by 2100.[…] 20 The Coastal Flood Risk Assessment report examined five possible models for flooding as a result of rising water, and suggested between 1,700 and 4,800 households would be displaced, depending on how quickly the level increases. Between 5,000 and 14,300 would need shelter, according to the report. www.ctvnews.ca, July 26 2018 (adapted) 1 B.C. British Columbia, a Canadian province 19AN1TEPO3 2/7 DOCUMENT 2 A troubled man living by the riverside is preparing for a flood by building a tree-house and a raft. When it comes it will come suddenly, rushing across the Earth like a vengeful crowd, an unturnable tide of seething fury. This: he knows this. They will stand and watch, in bus- 5 shelters, in shop doorways, from the apparent safety of locked cars, and they will say: Oh, isn’t the weather awful, tutting, and they will not know what they say. And perhaps two children on a bridge, throwing scraps of paper into the water, watching the water rise higher and higher, perhaps they