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USA: As seas continue to rise, New Jersey buys residents out of flood zones

Source(s): PBS NewsHour, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
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By Ivette Feliciano and Zachary Green

Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents live in flood zones that can become inundated with storm water. But the state is trying to move some of them out of harm’s way in one of the biggest home buyout programs in the nation. This story is part of our ongoing series, “.”

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Hazards Flood
Themes Climate change Human mobility
Country and region United States of America

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