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Chad Hailey, who heads up the military's assistance, called Newtok's plight "heart-wrenching" and said he is excited to be involved in the relocation work.
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See also: The 340 residents of Newtok, Alaska will soon be among the first “climate refugees” in the United States.
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Newtok and so many other Native Alaskan villages rest, is melting, yielding to warming air temperatures and a warming ocean.
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The permanently frozen subsoil, known as permafrost, upon which Newtok and so many other Native Alaskan villages rest, is melting, yielding to warming air temperatures and a warming ocean.
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The small native village of Newtok is being literally wiped off the map because of a melting permafrost and disappearing sea ice.
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Studies say Newtok could be washed away within a decade.
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Since then, the citizens of Newtok voted to move their village to higher ground nine miles away.
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The small native village of Newtok is being literally wiped off the map because of a melting permafrost and disappearing sea ice.
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Studies say Newtok could be washed away within a decade.
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Erosion has made Newtok an island, caught between the ever widening Ninglick River and a slough to the north.
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