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Annapolis, Maryland - June 05, 2016: Families play by the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial statue in historic Annapolis Sunday June 5th, 2016. Earlier that day a perigean spring tide brought some of the highest water levels of the year to the coastal town and partially flooded the park. Pictured are Cate Miller DeMartino, foreground, from McLean, Va., her two daughters, Emery DeMartino, 4, standing on the middle statue, and Catie DeMartino, 8, holding the statue's hand, and Payton Womble, also 4, from Severna Park, Md., seen jumping onto the wall.


A perigean spring tide brings nuisance flooding to Annapolis, Md. These phenomena -- colloquially know as a "King Tides" -- happen three to four times a year and create the highest tides for coastal areas, except when storms aren't a factor. Annapolis is extremely susceptible to nuisance flooding anyway, but the amount of nuisance flooding has skyrocketed in the last ten years. Scientists point to climate change for this uptick.


CREDIT: Matt Roth for The New York Times
Assignment ID: 30191272A

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Annapolis, Maryland - June 05, 2016: Families play by the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial statue in historic Annapolis Sunday June 5th, 2016. Earlier that day a perigean spring tide brought some of the highest water levels of the year to the coastal town and partially flooded the park. Pictured are Cate Miller DeMartino, foreground, from McLean, Va., her two daughters, Emery DeMartino, 4, standing on the middle statue, and Catie DeMartino, 8, holding the statue's hand, and Payton Womble, also 4, from Severna Park, Md., seen jumping onto the wall.<br /> <br /> <br /> A perigean spring tide brings nuisance flooding to Annapolis, Md. These phenomena -- colloquially know as a "King Tides" -- happen three to four times a year and create the highest tides for coastal areas, except when storms aren't a factor. Annapolis is extremely susceptible to nuisance flooding anyway, but the amount of nuisance flooding has skyrocketed in the last ten years. Scientists point to climate change for this uptick. <br /> <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Matt Roth for The New York Times<br /> Assignment ID: 30191272A
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