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Island nations in the South Pacific were cleaning up Wednesday after storms and tidal surges triggered widespread flooding, with rising seas caused by climate change blamed for the inundation.
Ocean flooding for the third straight day hit the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Ocean flooding for the third straight day hit low-lying islands throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, causing sparse damage but requiring large-scale cleanups in their wake.
MAJURO — Ocean flooding for the third straight day hit low-lying islands throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, causing sparse damage but requiring large-scale cleanups in
It comes as GeoNet has published data from tidal gauges, showing how a tsunami reaching up to 40cm high was measured at Great Barrier Island soon after the events. This afternoon, University of Auckland coastal geomorphologist Dr Murray Ford tweeted a before-and-after satellite view of Raoul Island. Visible in the latest image, recorded by US Earth imaging company Planet Labs, showed numerous landslides on the island, which is about 1000km northeast of New Zealand.