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Recent Examples of seawall
Some communities have begun taking measures to protect themselves.
City Council members in the town of St. Petersburg recently approved a $1.6 million construction project to rebuild deteriorating seawalls in the Riviera Bay neighborhood, although the project comes too late for Hurricane Milton.
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Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2024
The storm flooded downtown Tampa, threw boats onto the land and against docks and seawalls, tore down power poles and uprooted trees.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
On the gulf side, additions to the existing seawall will create a uniform barrier 21 feet tall.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
As demonstrated by the breakwater fiascoes of the 1930s, building seawalls always disrupts coastal ecologies.
—Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2024
The storm flooded downtown Tampa, threw boats onto the land and against docks and seawalls, tore down power poles and uprooted trees.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
On the gulf side, additions to the existing seawall will create a uniform barrier 21 feet tall.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
As demonstrated by the breakwater fiascoes of the 1930s, building seawalls always disrupts coastal ecologies.
—Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seawall
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Vonk’s lawsuit accused the Neptune Society of Northern California of negligence, for the Naiad allegedly motoring at an unsafe speed and failing to keep clear of the breakwater, while no proper lookout was maintained.Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Between the jutting concrete pier and the breakwater, a line of boats bobbed gently in the waves.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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In 1970, a $1 million jetty was specially built on this newly reclaimed ground to receive US military scrap and surplus equipment from the Vietnam War.Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
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As the fire slowly heats the sauna, the grasses outside sway and the water laps against our private jetty.Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
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The latest death involved a man who drove a car off a steep embankment on Aug. 1 after taking a one-mile circular hike at the park.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The driver was an older person who lost control of their vehicle on a nearby embankment and had minor injuries, said watch commander Lt. Rony Del Pinto of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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The largest reason for deaths connected to Katrina was the failure of the levees around New Orleans which caused catastrophic flooding in the area.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024
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At the lakefront, Tulane's sailing team was moving more than 40 boats to the other side of the levee in hopes of keeping them safe, coach Charles Higgins told Axios.Axios, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
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The historic bridge becomes visible when the lake level drops to 1,392 feet, and the full bridge deck is exposed at 1,384 feet, according to Andrew Byrne, public affairs specialist for the Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the lake and dam, who spoke to TRIB Live.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Why should California’s taxpayers help Buffett get rid of dams that probably could not be relicensed anyway?Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The ground nearby was inflated, indicating the presence of magma below, and now a swarm of earthquakes threatened to funnel the underground dike toward the village.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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Most hunters walk the dikes bordering these waters and hope that the swans will fly low enough for pass-shooting.Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Seawall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seawall. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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