Climate reckoning: Mass. communities stare down the prospect -- and complications -- of a retreat from rising waters

Climate reckoning: Mass. communities stare down the prospect -- and complications -- of a retreat from rising waters

AROUND 50 PEOPLE in the seaside enclave of Hull ventured out on a freezing January night to hear from town officials and a consulting firm about a plan that’s in the works to deal with a problem that’s become increasingly impossible to ignore: flooding. The community meeting centered on a proposal under development that could mitigate flooding in the Hampton Circle neighborhood, a section of the slim peninsula town that’s ground zero for floodin…