The only land route that connects Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, to the rest of the continental United States is Island Road, a thin, four-mile stretch of pavement that lies inches above sea level and immediately drops off into open water on either side. Even on a calm day, salt water laps over the road’s tenuous boundaries and splashes the concrete. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/climate-change-is-forcing-the-government-to-relocate-this-entire-louisiana-town/
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