To the Editor:
According to a new report published by Climate Central and Zillow, recent housing growth rates are faster in 10-year flood-risk zones in a third of all coastal states. This report was updated in July 2019 with new data. New Jersey is developing risk zones more than two times faster than safer locations and is in the top three for allowing the most homes in risk zones, more than 9,000 since 2010.
Ocean City, Beach Haven West, North Beach Haven and Avalon made the top 10 list of most new homes in the 10-year risk…
August 28, 2019
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