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In US, First Climate Refugees Find Safe Haven In Louisiana

Since the 1930s, Isle de Jean Charles has lost "about 90 percent" of its surface area.Schriever: Joann Bourg stands in front of her new home, about an hour's drive from the low-lying Louisiana island where she grew up -- an area gradually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico."I'm very excited. I can't wait to just move on in," Bourg told AFP. "I've been waiting for this day forever."Bourg is one of about a dozen Native Americans from the Isle de Jean Charles who have been relocated to Schriever, less than 40 miles (60 kilometers) to the northwest -- the maiden beneficiaries of a federal resettlement grant awarded in 2016.They are the first so-called "climate refugees" in the United States, forced from their homes due to the consequences of climate change."The house we had back there on the i...