Flooding Members of the National Guard walk next to a military vehicle on a flooded road after Hurricane Florence hit near Lumberton, North Carolina, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Photo: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg)

The U.S. Defense Department has issued a dire report on how climate change could affect the nation's armed forces and security, warning that rising seas could inundate coastal bases and drought-fueled wildfires could endanger inland ones.

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