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FOCUS: U.S. nuke legacy leaves Marshall Islanders "in exile even in death"

When Alson Kelen, a former municipality chief on the Pacific island of Bikini Atoll that was the site of a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonation on March 1, 1954, recalls how his mother used to pine for returning to her homeland, it still brings up strong feelings.

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It's 'inescapable': Pacific Islanders have tried to flee the climate crisis, only to face new threats

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Selina Neirok Leem grew up listening to the Pacific Ocean at her home in the Marshall Islands. She watched high tides wash over the islands’ seawalls, and her family trekked inland when the storm surge from tropical cyclones destroyed homes close to the shore. It was during those storms that Leem’s grandfather would force her family to retreat to higher ground, even as he insisted on staying behind to protect their home from the rising seas. “I would always be so mad and terrified, because in my mind as a kid, I imagine all these horrible things happening,” Leem told CNN of those moments, “that I might not even see him tomorrow.”

It's 'inescapable': Pacific Islanders have tried to flee the climate crisis, only to face new threats