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In a recently published new study by Nature Communications, the minor and recurring floods also called nuisance flood are expected to occur too frequently when compared to the official figures as quoted earlier. The study was seen talking about the flood levels along the Gulf Coasts and US East areas and more than 22 nations in the world are seen getting its impact of the nuisance flood at different water levels, which is much lower than the official gauge would ever register like a flood. The cities in the nations including Boston, Miami and New York which is known to have a combined population for around 13 million people are affected by the same.
The study further implies that a huge amount of populations would be currently exposed to nuisance flooding that is not found out via the standard measures claimed the two experts called Frances C Moore from the Department of Environmental Science and Policy of the University of California along with Nick Obradovich from the Max Plank Institute the head of the Human Development in Berlin. These two experts were seen relying on the Microblogging site called Twitter to carry out their study. As the climate crisis was seen turning up big the impact can be seen more powerful with its increasing frequency claimed the scientists.
Now, social media platforms like Twitter are becoming the best way to study the impact and damage of the localized scale. In this case, Twitter was seen using the 3700 miles of Gulf Coasts and Eastern areas over the 132 tidal gauge stations. This simply means that it has become a too daunting experience to gauge the impact of the changing water levels of any particular area. The extent of flooding can be seen as highly variable as falling within the small geographic area as depending upon the local topography claimed the said experts. Also, the end result of the higher water levels would be seen varying all over the regions. For example, the two areas are seen experiencing the same level of flooding. However, one can be seen including the frequently trafficked road, while the other would remain on the farmland.
Having said that, the scientists were able to use the geographic reach covered by Twitter apart from the volume and location-specific nature of tweets, the Microblogging platform can be then used to track easily the nuisance coastal flooding, which remains both less consequential and more regular. With the end result of this kind of flood that remain too annoying rather than deadly, these are not often measured or recorded claimed the experts.