El Bosque, along Mexico’s Gulf Coast, was once a thriving fishing village — until the water started rising. Now, its residents have been forced to flee their homes because of more extreme weather and rising sea levels caused by climate change. For the podcast Sea Change, produced by WWNO in New Orleans, Alvaro Cespedes introduces us to one woman determined to fight for the village’s future — even as her neighbors flee the encroaching waves.
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