Story by Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant

The consequences of climate change are easy to understand along Connecticut’s coastline where the sea is now forecast to rise 20 inches by 2050.

But researchers at the University of Connecticut also are now turning their attention to inland Connecticut and places that are not anywhere near the coast or even a large waterway such as the Connecticut River.

Scientists at the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation are examining how more sudden, intense rainstorms are overwhelming decades-old drainage systems, leading to more frequent flooding.

“We’re seeing more of these high-intensity rain events, and then, the water is just coming down faster than it can drain away,” Mary Buchanan, a community resilience planner at CIRCA, said. “You don’t have to be anywhere near the coast to be experiencing climate change.”

Link: https://www.courant.com/2024/08/18/fallout-from-climate-change-in-ct-focus-moves-to-inland-towns-that-will-be-hit-hard/
Town: None Assigned
Focus Area: Flood and Sea Level Rise
Type: In the Media

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