Will your home be underwater by year 2100? Trump’s might

The U. S. Naval Academy, JFK Airport, the Jefferson Memorial and President Donald Trump’s Mar- a- Lago estate all could be underwater by the year 2100.

That’s the doomsday prediction of a worst- case scenario of sea levels rising out of control by the end of the century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Climate Central, a non- profit environmental research group.

NOAA’s report in January included an extreme sea- level rise forecast of 10 to 12 feet by 2100 around the U. S., compared to the previous estimate of about 8 feet.

Climate Central created images that showed what such extreme water rises would look like.

In New York City, for instance, an average high tide would be 2 feet higher than Hurricane Sandy’s flood level, covering an area inhabited by more than 800,000 residents.

Florida would be the most affected state by total population, followed by New York, California, Virginia and New Jersey. Hawaii and Louisiana would rank second and third by percentage of population affected, after Florida, also first in this category. “It’s a scenario that we hope never occurs,” said William Sweet, a NOAA oceanographer who coordinated production of the agency’s January report. “It’s probably very unlikely but definitely possible.”

Sea level has risen nearly 8 inches worldwide since 1880, but it doesn’t rise evenly. In the past 100 years, it has climbed about a foot or more in some U. S. cities because of ocean currents and land subsidence — 11 inches in New York and Boston, 12 in Charleston, 16 in Atlantic City, 18 in Norfolk and 25 in Galveston, Texas, according to NOAA.

Scientists say global warming will be the main cause of future sea- level rise.