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Rising sea levels threaten to wipe Senegalese town of Bargny 'off the map'

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Rising sea levels threaten to wipe Senegalese town of Bargny 'off the map'

Rising sea levels threaten to wipe Senegalese town of Bargny 'off the map'

Cracked, collapsed walls, damaged roofs and sunken buildings are commonplace in Bargny, a coastal town just outside the Senegalese capital Dakar.

The cause: rising sea levels linked to global warming.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, populations living along Africa's coastline are particularly at risk.


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