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.

https://www.propublica.org/article/newtok-alaska-climate-relocation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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