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Climate change is forcing Americans to relocate Posted at 11:58 AM, May 18, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-18 16:06:16-04 Judith Saum and her husband Doug never intended to have a small plot of land to care for in their retirement. They also never intended to be spending their golden years in Rumey, New Hampshire. But the Saums are part of a growing number of Americans who have become climate refugees, forced to leave their homes for someplace safer because of climate change. It was stressful; I feel grief about it. It actually grieves me to see it happen, Judith Saum said. For the last two decades, these lovebirds lived in Reno, Nevada. They loved their little house. But there was a problem: wildfires in the region were becoming more frequent and more intense because of climate change. ....
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toggle caption Annie Ropeik/NHPR Doug and Judith Saum moved to New Hampshire from Reno, Nev., to escape the health effects of worsening wildfire smoke . Annie Ropeik/NHPR The impacts of climate change could prompt millions of Americans to relocate in coming decades, moving inland away from rising seas, or north to escape rising temperatures. Judith and Doug Saum have moved already, recently leaving their home outside Reno, Nev. It was with a view of the Sierra [Nevada Mountains] that was just to die for, Judith says. We had a lot of friends, musician friends, we d get together and play music with them often. It wasn t easy to leave all that. ....