Article WZZX ‘I will live here, I will die here’: the Torres Strait Islanders being overrun by the sea – video

‘I will live here, I will die here’: the Torres Strait Islanders being overrun by the sea – video

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Saila Huusko in the Torres Strait
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Inhabitants of the island of Saibai in Australia's Torres Strait reflect on how climate change is causing rising sea levels, coastal erosion, extreme weather and destructive king tides. In the first of three films, Mebai Warusam, a 91-year-old elder of the island, says he would rather die than leave his home if the planned seawall which is due to be built doesn't succeed in halting the encroaching ocean

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