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[iseechangealmanac]

iSeeChange: Why are more sharks being caught off the Delaware coast?

Every now and then you hear about a shark sighting -- like the hammerhead that washed up on the shores of Fenwick Island earlier this summer. Or Mary Lee,

[iseechangealmanac]

iSeeChange: The lone star tick

A growing number of reports show that cases of tick-borne diseases are rising and spreading to new areas of the country. This is true not only for lyme dis

[iseechangealmanac]

iSeeChange: Unusually warm temps bring bugs out in winter

Like everyone else in Delaware and the Northeastern U.S., you probably felt that we had a lot of unusually warm days last month. And along with that, you

[100yearsrising]

One town in Delaware could be half submerged by 2100

By current predictions, more than half of South Bethany, Del. will be under water by the end of the century.

State officials are making plans based on those projections, but some locals remain skeptical.

At least one part of the town floods up to 10 times a year when winds and tides conspire, and many people experienced flooded basements and ruined cars during Superstorm Sandy.

“I’ve been here since 2000, and in the last few years, I’ve seen water in places where I’ve never seen it before,” said Jay Headman, a retired school administrator and former town mayor. “Areas that used to be dry are now under water.”

As Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) holds its sea-level rise awareness week, South Bethany is among the state’s communities that are turning their attention to the problem that officials say may inundate up to 11 percent of Delaware’s land by the end of the century.

In South Bethany, that could mean some 60 percent of the town will be underwater if seas rise by one meter—about three feet—by 2100, the midpoint of DNREC’s forecasted range of 0.5 to 1.5 meter.

Read the full story at WDDE.