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Globe Climate: Storm surge is why Hurricane Fiona hit so hard, and it will get worse
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David Sansom, president of the Red Head Harbour Authority, was out checking how boats tied up along the harbour’s north wharf were faring amid the onslaught of post tropical storm Fiona. In half an hour, he estimated the sea level at his port on Prince Edward Island’s northern coast rose between five and seven feet. When it reached his bumper, he retreated. And not a moment too soon: The wharf “let go” 10 minutes later.

He and many others spent most of last week retrieving all that gear from along the shoreline. “We’ve hauled lobster traps, propane tanks, tires, patio furniture, screen doors … Lord knows where half this stuff came from.”

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