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Recent brushes with Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma in 2017 saw storm surges of 7+ feet at the county\u0026rsquo;s only two tide gauges, shutting down county schools and businesses for days.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring these extreme weather events, strong winds interacted with an extremely intricate network of coastal rivers, tributaries, and marshlands to create a complex pattern of flooding that varied by 2-4ft over a distance of several miles. The \u0026ldquo;Smart Sea Level Sensor Project\u0026rdquo; aims to install a large network of 50-100 internet-enabled water level sensors across flood-vulnerable Chatham County, via a working partnership between officials from the Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) and the City of Savannah, together with a diverse team of scientists and engineers from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sensor network will span a wide range of tributary sizes, orientation, and building densities. 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