"A new series on The Weather Channel delves into the places around the world where droughts and floods are forcing people to uproot."
"The small waterfront town of Scituate, Massachusetts, has been through a lot this year. One of the parts of the country hardest hit by the four nor’easters that blew through the East Coast in March, Scituate saw homes destroyed and huge piles of sand lifted up by the wind and waves and deposited on Inner Harbor Road, where the street sign was stuck half-buried.
On the coasts, storms like these were expected–sometimes. A blizzard in 1978 swept through Scituate and tore houses off their foundations; 400 homes were damaged so badly that residents could not return to them. And yet, people continue to live in Scituate. “Scituate residents, hardened by years of storms past, know what they’ve signed up for. They know what comes with living on the coast and they take pride in doing so,” writes Andrew MacFarlane, in a feature on The Weather Channel. But after this winter, even the most stubborn longtime residents of the town are considering leaving.
Forced migration due to the extreme weather events caused by climate change is happening in communities across the U.S. and the world, and the phenomenon is the subject of a new series on The Weather Channel, of which MacFarlane’s piece is among the first published. Called Exodus, the series will run through the end of this year, and document circumstances of climate migration across the world."
Eillie Anzilotti reports for Fast Company August 10, 2018.
