US Beach Building Persists Despite Nature’s Grip

When a hurricane comes ashore, few images are more iconic than a million-dollar beach house collapsing into the sea. Undermined by the ferocity of water, shifting sands and sometimes bad construction, waterfront development takes a beating each time a powerful storm barrels into the Eastern Seaboard. So why do people keep building on the beach? "Development of beachfront areas is controversial," writes Florence Duarte of Georgia State University in the report Responsible...

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