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Teafua Tanu is an islet of Tokelau used by residents of Fakaofo atoll as a Catholic cemetery. Over the past two decades, the territory of Tokelau has proved extremely vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels owing, partly, to its being a small l

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Their lands are oceans apart but are linked by rising, warming seas of climate change

8:09am November 12, 2021

Photographer Vlad Sokhin's latest work, Warm Waters, is an exploration of climate change traveling across 18 countries and off-the-map territories seen by seldom few.

Tom Wilke, his son Chad, and Nick Kenny launch a boat into the swollen waters of the Elkhorn River to check on Witke's flooded property, in Norfolk, Neb., on Friday, March 15.

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The Midwest Battles Historic Floods In The Aftermath Of 'Bomb Cyclone'

6:21pm March 16, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

A powerful weather system swept through the region last week, bringing blizzard conditions and leaving many communities with record-setting floods.