Delaware monitors sea-level rise for future risks

GEORGETOWN — Decades had passed since a storm sent saltwater and fish into corn and bean fields west of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Then, a late-season storm in May caused flooding along the Delaware Bay and pushed fish way beyond their normal, bay, river and creek habitats.

Some state environmental officials wonder if what happened in May could be a glimpse at Delaware’s future. They are developing a sea-level adaptation plan for the state — a project that will use high-tech mapping and modeling to predict what rising sea levels could mean for a state with 25 miles of ocean coast and even more land along the Delaware Bay and River, the Nanticoke River and dozens of tributaries in the bigger river systems.

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