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Climate experts predict Southwest Florida will see daily tidal floods by the year 2100

There will only be one day in the year 2100 where nuisance high tide flooding isn't an issue in the Fort Myers area.

Naples will be flooded by incoming tides every day, according to the latest tide predictions coming from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA.

Experts at NOAA Tuesday released their forecast for high tide flooding days at various locations around the country.

Nuisance flooding can cause everything from flooded roads to backed-up septic and sewage systems to crumbling infrastructure.

Those scenarios are the intermediate predictions, and NOAA didn't release data for high-range predictions.

The low end of the range shows 140 nuisance, or high tide flooding days in Fort Myers and 99 such days Naples by 2100.