‘It won’t be long’: why a Honduran community will soon be under water
by Nina Lakhani in Cedeño, Choluteca from World news | The Guardian on (#4M9KQ)
Rising sea levels are destroying coastal towns in Honduras - and shrimp farms which export to the UK and US are making it worse
Eric Pineda runs a modest beachfront restaurant which serves up plates of fresh fish and rice - and faces imminent destruction.
A recent tidal surge razed the nightclub next door, leaving a pastel pink ruin, and in the past two years, several other businesses between Pineda's property and the Pacific Ocean have been destroyed by sudden waves.
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