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Home lays in ruins.

'It is a form of injustice': Caribbean island nations struggle against rising seas

September 25, 2019

At the UN Climate summit, small island nations including Antigua and Barbuda pledged set more ambitious carbon-cutting goals under then Paris Agreement but large emitters were largely silent.

'It is a form of injustice': Caribbean island nations struggle against rising seas
These vessels sank on St. John, US Virgin Islands, during Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Maria could bring 20 inches of rain to the US and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leading to flooding and mudslides. And Guadaloupe, a key staging ground for post-

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Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, passes over Barbuda and other Caribbean islands in this NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center satellite image taken on September 6, 2017.

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