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The National Environmental Trust has posted a set of animations showing how the IPCC-predicted sea-level rise and a hurricane would effect cities up and down the eastern seaboard. The site has a load of educational information about climate change and its environmental effects.

Use this link to view: Animations of Sea-level Rise

"The animations ... show the flooding we can anticipate in major cities as global warming raises sea levels and leads to stronger hurricanes. They show that as sea levels rise, even relatively weak storms will be able to do a great deal of damage. See below for more resources and a discussion of the role of global warming in strengthening hurricanes."
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Methodology

These three-dimensional animations were produced by Applied Science Associates of Narragansett, RI, a marine and freshwater environmental modeling company. Future flood elevations were determined by combining sea level rise predictions with storm surge elevations. Sea level rise estimates were made on a model from the Canadian Climate Center. Storm surge elevation estimates were based on data from the National Ocean Service and the National Weather Service's Storm Surge Group at the National Hurricane Center. The flooding was modeled by combining data from the National Elevation Dataset with tools from the Environmental Systems Research Institute. Google's GoogleEarth 3D visualization system was used to drape the flooding over elevation data and combine with 3D representations of buildings. "