The small village of Taholah on the Quinault Indian Reservation, currently lies where the ocean meets the Quinault River on the northern Washington coast. But it's moving to higher ground to avoid ...

TAHOLAH, QUINAULT INDIAN NATION – A little more than a century ago the village of Taholah was built where the ocean meets the Quinault River. Today when there’s too much rain, or a storm surge ...

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.

The Quinault Indian Nation has experienced severe flooding due to sea-level rise and is now looking to relocate an entire town to higher ground. Skip to content Continuing Coverage ...

Where the Quinault River empties into the Pacific, ... Tidal flooding forced the evacuation of Taholah in 2022, with the tribal government putting up elders at its casino 25 miles down the coast.

At the confluence of the Quinault River and Pacific Ocean, the village had already begun to experience the effects of sea level rise and intense storm surges that caused flooding and landslides in ...

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 ...

The Quinault Indian Nation used $10 million of the tribe’s funds to build the Generations Building on higher ground last year. It houses a child care center, a senior facility and space that can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Where the Quinault River empties into the Pacific, ... Tidal flooding forced the evacuation of Taholah in 2022, with the tribal government putting up elders at its casino 25 miles down the coast.

Across the U.S., tribes suffer some of the most severe impacts of human-caused climate change but typically have the fewest resources to respond.