By Sabrina Shankman — In the age of climate change, as sea levels rise and more intense storms wear away the natural landscape that had protected coastal communities for generations, state and local officials are considering more radical measures, including paying people to abandon their waterfront properties altogether.

By Catie McNeill, Paige Messier — While the focus seemed to be on inland flooding over the past few weeks of weather, all eyes are now on Rhode Island’s coast, which experts say may not have enough protection to weather future storms.

Homeowners along the eastern coast of England are watching the North Sea swallow their communities. Help is on the way — but only for some.

By Jake Bittle — As many residents will be proud to tell you, the thousand-odd islands that make up the Florida Keys are one of a kind… The Keys are also the first flock of canaries in the coal mine of climate change.

By Jake Bittle — Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.

By Liz Bateson — Narragansett coped with strong winds, massive waves and significant flooding as a storm moved in early Friday morning.

By Joanna Bouras — … “We got here and the water in the parking lot for the town was approximately 2 feet deep,” said business owner Peter Chevalier.

By Thomas Frank — The storm inundated the homes of thousands of Floridians who don't have flood insurance, exposing weaknesses in the nation's effort to address the rising costs of extreme weather.

By BEN FINLEY and STEVE HELBER — When Hurricane Ian struck Florida’s Gulf Coast, it washed out the bottom level of David Muench’s home on the barrier island of Sanibel along with several cars, a Harley-Davidson and a boat

By Francis Wilkinson — A video of a North Carolina beach house being dismembered by a voracious ocean was a viral hit this spring. But it won’t be long before the novelty wears off.

By Hadley Barndollar — New Englanders often associate flooding with storms, and rightfully so. But imagine sunny days with impassable roads, bubbling storm drains and basements-turned-swimming pools?

By Bill Seymour — Erosion is a fight, and this town’s beach seems to be losing it. This year, again, chunks of sand have disappeared.

By Alex Nunes — The Rhode Island agency that manages coastal policy and enforcement is accepting public comment on what it identifies in a draft plan as top issues challenging the Rhode Island coastline.

By Alex Kuffner — In a bid to reduce the potential damage from flooding caused by storm surges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put forward a $58.6-million plan that would largely be funded through taxpayer money to lift up 341 private structures on the Washington County coast.

By Bill Koch — With electricity restored and roads cleared throughout the town, the second phase of recovery from Hurricane Sandy has started to play out in piles of paperwork and daily briefings with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.