Editing Annapolis, Maryland (section)

===Tidal flooding===
[[File:20201112 Tidal flooding graph - Annapolis, Maryland.svg|thumb|More frequent [[tidal flooding]] results from [[sea level rise]] caused by climate change.<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides/>]]
In November 2020, [[NASA]] reported that Annapolis had 18 days of [[Tidal flooding|high-tide (non-storm-related) flooding]] from May 2019 to April 2020, an increase over 2018's 12 days, and higher than the 1995-2005 average of 2 days annually.<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides/> The increase is attributed to [[sea level rise]] caused by [[climate change]].<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides/> Resultant flood damages caused local businesses to lose as much as $172,000 a year.<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides/> On Naval Academy grounds, seawater came out of storm drains, with McNair Road and Ramsay Road flooding 20 times in 2020 and more than 40 times each in 2018 and 2019.<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides/> Though a $37 million sea wall was completed in 2024 to adapt to flooding occurring 30 to 40 times a year,<ref name=USAtoday_20250405>{{cite news |last1=Pulver |first1=Dinah Voyles |title=US military takes an abrupt turn after decades of climate change research |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/05/military-climate-change-research/82352083007/ |newspaper=USA Today |date=5 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406040113/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/05/military-climate-change-research/82352083007/ |archive-date=6 April 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> adaptation approaches such as sea walls and building up the height of roadways and athletic fields are predicted to last only a few decades.<ref name=NASA_BeatingBackTides>{{cite web |title=Beating Back the Tides |url=https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/203/beating-back-the-tides |website=SeaLevel.NASA.gov |publisher=NASA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111230934/https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/203/beating-back-the-tides |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |date=November 11, 2020 |url-status=live }} High-tide flooding is also known as tidal flooding, sunny day flooding and nuisance flooding.</ref>