Bikini Islanders flee rising sea

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http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/regional/7821-bikini-islanders-flee-rising-sea

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Published: 08 August 2015

[font size=3]RNZI: Nuclear test refugees from Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands are now fleeing the effects of climate change on their second home, Kili Island.

The Bikini Island Council is appealing to the US for financial help with relocation after repeated king tide flooding and storm surges over the past four years on Kili.

The liaison officer for the people of Bikini, Jack Niedenthal, said the Marshalls' Compact of Free Association, the US military airbase and historical ties, meant the US had a moral obligation to help the community of 700 people, who are facing homelessness.

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Mr Niedenthal said a third of the homes on Kili were now empty as people escaped the island.

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[PatrickforO]

1. We should all feel the pain of what we have done to these people and to our earth.

And we will.