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- Stronger hurricanes are growing more frequent and causing more damage to US coastal cities.
- As a coastal engineer, Jens Figlus works to protect coastlines from these threats.
- He lives in Texas, which was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey. But his home was safe because it sits 16 feet above sea level.
Jens Figlus vividly recalls the day hurricane-driven floodwaters surged into his neighborhood.