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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rick Bowmer and Mark Thiessen

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town

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Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and notice something unsettling: the riverbank was creeping ever closer.

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