Nearly 300 people from Newtok, Alaska, have moved nine miles across the Ninglick River to a new village called Mertarvik as part of a federally funded effort to resettle communities threatened by climate change.

But much of the infrastructure there is already failing, according to our investigation with The Washington Post and KYUK.

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

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