As distant Pacific islands flood, a climate-driven exodus to the U.S. grows

As distant Pacific islands flood, a climate-driven exodus to the U.S. grows

8 OCTOBER 2013

HONOLULU -- The village where Christina Deeley was born in the Marshall Islands is disappearing, bit by bit.

When she visits her family in the Laura community on the islands' Majuro atoll, Hawaii resident Deeley, 34, sees many changes confronting natives. The beach has receded by several feet. Cemeteries once located at the end of the town have vanished. Fish are becoming more scarce and fresh water polluted.

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Source: E & E Publishing

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