Friday, November 11, 2022

Saint-Louis is being swallowed by the sea. Residents are bracing for a new reality

Mamadou Thiam in Saint-Louis, Senegal on October 5.

The problem is as simple as it is devastating: the Atlantic Ocean is expanding into Senegal, and Saint-Louis is ground zero. Every year, the island loses a little bit of land to the sea.

(Image credit: Ricci Shryock for NPR)

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