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Article History

Received: 4 April 2015

Accepted: 15 February 2016

First Online: 14 March 2016

Change Date: 21 March 2016

Change Type: Correction

Change Date: 22 April 2016

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: In the version of this Letter originally published online, the data in columns 2, 3, 4 and 6 in Table 1 was found to be incorrect for the state of Louisiana. The data and their corresponding totals have been amended in Table 1 and Figure 2. This has been corrected in all versions of the Letter.

Change Details: In the version of the Letter originally published, the values for current estimates of populations at risk of 3 ft and 6 ft of sea-level rise were incorrect, affecting data in Table 1 and Fig. 2, as well as two sentences in the main text. These have all been corrected in all versions of the Letter.

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing financial interests.