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Arctic villages face looming disaster from warming coastlines
Alaska communities like Newtok Shishmaref and Kivalina confront rapid erosion and permafrost thaw as rising seas threaten homes schools and roads. Officials warn relocation costs reach hundreds of millions, potentially near a billion overall, with funding from federal state and local sources stretched thin.
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Stevens
Alaska
Senate
Nome
Shishmaref
Newtok
Kivalina
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Landrieu
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Steve Ellis
Taxpayers For Common Sense
Washington, D.C
Stanley Tom
Corps of Engineers
Tom
Canaries
Channel 2 News
Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
Sally Russell Cox
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
State Department of Transportation
Village Safe Water Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Denali Commission
Sen
Ted Stevens
U.S. Senate