President Trump’s “Winter White House” may one day be partially engulfed by the ocean.
Climate scientists predict that his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla., will be impacted by sea levels rising more than 6 feet by the end of the century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“Even though he’s president, Mar-a-Lago is not invulnerable to sea level rise,” Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams told the Sun Sentinel.
The luxe property sits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, which experts say will become increasingly prone to coastal erosion and storm surge.
Florida experts sent a letter to Trump, who has called climate change a “hoax,” warning him of the threat to his estate.
“Many of Florida’s waterfront properties (including yours) are vulnerable to even minor increases in sea level because of erosion and storm surge,” they wrote. “This is not a distant threat. Climate change is making an impact today.”
Harold Wanless, chairman of the geological sciences department at the University of Miami, told the Sun Sentinel that the impact to Trump’s property will be far greater and sooner than experts are saying.
“The flooding will become so frequent on barrier islands it will become an unacceptable risk,” he said.