The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.

Another great American migration is now underway, this time forced by the warming that is altering how and where people can live. For now, it’s just a trickle. But in the corners of the country’s most vulnerable landscapes — on the shores of its sinking bayous and on the eroding bluffs of its coastal defenses — populations are already in disarray.

  • @[email protected]English
    14•7 months ago

    Related story from the Guardian about the Ahr River flood in Germany in 2021. An interesting read touching on the psychology and issues regarding rebuilding.

    There is a well-known term in hydrological circles: flood dementia. “Every couple of decades, people tend to forget about historical events,”

    If you are rebuilding a school, say, and you want to move the science laboratory from the ground floor to the third, so that equipment can be protected in the case of another flood, insurers and government funds won’t cover the cost of fitting. Everything needs to be as it was.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/german-valley-swept-away-cemeteries-gave-up-their-dead