What Could Disappear

Flooding extends over much of downtown and many waterfront communities, like Dundalk.

Boston

37% flooded

Cambridge

86% flooded

The downtown island shrinks to mostly Beacon Hill. Many shore communities are flooded.

The coast moves up to 10 miles inland. The old city is submerged.

Houston

5% flooded

Galveston

100% flooded

The Space Center and the vast industrial zone along the Houston Ship Channel are inundated; the sea moves inland as much as 15 miles.

Most of the built-up areas in the city are submerged.

Los Angeles

3% flooded

Long Beach

45% flooded

Huntington Beach

72% flooded

In much of Long Beach and Huntington Beach, the Pacific moves up to four miles inland.

All barrier islands gone. The southern shore has moved one to five miles inland in most places.

Miami

99% flooded

Miami Beach

100% flooded

The entire metropolitan area is permanently flooded.

Downtown is inundated. Mobile Bay is several miles wider.

Atlantic City

100% flooded

Newark

52% flooded

Jersey City

62% flooded

Downtown Newark, downtown Jersey City, Atlantic City, most of the state’s coastal towns and the Cape May peninsula are all gone.

The gulf shore advances to Interstate 12.

Large portions of all five boroughs are gone, including much of Manhattan below 34th Street.

San Francisco

19% flooded

Sacramento

62% flooded

Nearly two-thirds of Sacramento, including downtown, is inundated.

Much of the historic district and South Philadelphia are submerged, as is the vast refinery complex along the Schuylkill. The Delaware swells to five miles wide.

Water encroaches on parts of the downtown district and much of South Portland.

The Columbia shaves two miles off the north side of Portland.

A larger section of the downtown area is under water.

Coronado Island is mostly gone.

Most of the region is under water, with only small sections of Savannah spared.

Seattle

13% flooded

Tacoma

14% flooded

Much of the large suburb of Kent is flooded.

Tampa

50% flooded

St. Petersburg

70% flooded

Downtown Tampa, Tampa International Airport and Tarpon Springs are swamped. Parts of Clearwater survive on an island; St. Petersburg is reduced to a smaller island.

Norfolk

100% flooded

Virginia Beach

99% flooded

Newport News

39% flooded

Most of the region is permanently submerged.

Much of central Washington below Constitution Avenue is inundated, as are National Airport and parts of Old Town Alexandria.

The Delaware is about 10 miles wide at New Castle.

Sources: Remik Ziemlinski, Climate Central; U.S. Geological Survey; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service