Hampton Roads in ‘dire straits’ because of global warming predictions, says expert

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

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10:18 p.m. EST, February 15, 2010

HAMPTON — Sobering evidence of how storms will have an increasingly devastating effect on the Peninsula as the century progresses is outlined in a new model by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

“This is an important issue for us to get moving on,” Eric Walberg, physical and environmental planning administrator with theHampton Roads Planning District Commission, told the Hampton City Council last week.

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