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The Quinault Nation is taking steps to protect residents of the Village of Taholah that faces repeated flooding due to rising sea levels. The Nation is building a new village on higher ground ...
Quinault has made flooding-related disaster declarations 26 times from 1957 to 2022, and they have become more frequent. ... of the ocean, the river,” Hannah Curley said.
A row of houses sits feet from the rising Pacific Ocean, which often floods through and over the 15-foot seawall during winter king tides and storms Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on the Quinault ...
Faced with rising sea levels and increasing flooding, the Quinault Indian Nation has spent at least a decade working to relocate hundreds of residents and civic buildings in Taholah to higher ground.
Pelicans fly near the shore as waves from the Pacific Ocean roll in Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Washington. Facing increased flooding from a rising Pacific, the ...
A pair of eagles soar near a totem pole near the Quinault River, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the tribe's reservation in Taholah, Wash. Facing increased flooding from a rising Pacific Ocean, the ...
The flooding has left some homes plagued by mold and destroyed several outbuildings. Likely worse is in store: Taholah is expected to see a sea level rise of 1 to 2.6 feet by the year 2100 ...
TAHOLAH, Wash. — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s ...
TAHOLAH, Wash. — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s ...
Pelicans fly near the shore as waves from the Pacific Ocean roll in Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Washington. Facing increased flooding from a rising Pacific, the ...
Native American News; The Quinault Nation is trying to escape the rising Pacific, but time is running out. Published: ; Jul. 12, 2024, 1:37 p.m.