More than half of all U.S. residents live in coastal counties-and that figure is expected to continue climbing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

根据美国国家海洋和大气管理局，美国有超过半数的居民生活在沿海的县里，这一数字有望会继续攀升。

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It is commemorated in church plaques in the coastal counties of Somerset and Monmouthshire.

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About 16 million households are in coastal counties along the Gulf and Atlantic.

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Earlier this year Allstate announced it will not sell new homeowner policies in the coastal counties of Mississippi and Louisiana.

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