Marshall Islands leaders blame climate change for heavy flooding

Marshall Islands leaders blame climate change for heavy flooding
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 23:31 EST

Officials in the Marshall Islands blamed climate change Wednesday for severe flooding in the Pacific nation’s capital Majuro which has left 1,000 people homeless.

The Marshalls declared a state of emergency in the wake of the flooding, which peaked Monday when surges caused by so-called “king tides” inundated areas of the low-lying capital.

Senator Tony de Brum, the Minister Assisting the President, said king tides were a regular phenomenon, but not at the damaging levels seen this week.

“This is far, far from being a normal situation,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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