. >> dennis stachewicz is planning director for the city of marquette on michigan's upper peninsula. >> this is the road to nowhere. >> it is. >> this shattered stretch of road used to be lakeshore boulevard. >> lake erosion really got the best of it. but ultimately it failed because nature caught up with us. >> the solution was expensive, nearly 3 million dollars to rebuild the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. >> the intensity of the storms have really increased. >> so you are seeing the eck dreams get more extreme. >> the extremes are getting way more extreme. >> more intense storms fueled by climate change are battering shorelines in cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. >> cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. >> melissa scanlon is director of the center for water policy at the university of which wisconsin milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake, michigan, which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. >> so

. >> reporter: dennis stachewicz is planning director for the city of marquette, on michigan's upper peninsula. so, this is the road to nowhere. >> it is. >> reporter: this shattered stretch of road used to be lakeshore boulevard. >> lake erosion really got the best of it, but ultimately it failed, because nature caught up with us. >> reporter: the solution was expensive. nearly $3 million to rebuild the road 300 feet away from its increasingly unpredictable neighbor. >> the intensity of the storms have really increased. >> reporter: more intense storms fueled by climate change are battering shorelines and cities throughout the great lakes, pulling the land right out from under some homes. >> cities like chicago, milwaukee, detroit, cleveland, they all have to adapt to this. >> reporter: melissa scanlan is director of the center for water policy at the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the city sits on another great lake-- michigan-- which has swung from record low water levels in 2013 to record highs the past few years. so it's normal for the great lakes to rise and fall. how is th