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A barrier-island resort including a famous boardwalk, expensive homes and an endless supply of salt-water taffy located in Ocean City, New Jersey spends its days as puddles. However, the sea that surrounds ocean city is starting to rise. The ocean is coming into the city and backing up storm drains leaving no place to discharge water. Rising ocean tides are also causing other problems such as declining reliability of critical infrastructures such as communication, power, and transportation.