Rising sea levels lead to flooded properties. - Residents are forced to depart from Crab Island.
By 1350, everyone is being moved to the mainland of Panama. There, a new settlement named Nuevo Cartí has been established since 2010, which President Laurentino Cortizo recently handed over to the new inhabitants.
In the 1990s, the Guna observed that sea levels were rising by 3.4 millimeters annually, twice as fast as they did in the 1960s. Crab Island is only about two kilometers away from the Atlantic coast of Panama. According to experts, it will be completely submerged by 2050 due to climate change. Stronger storms and flooding are also threatening the island.
Moreover, the island is completely built up and there is no access to clean water. The settlement also lacks a sewage system, as stated by the "BBC." For years, the Guna attempted to expand their Crab Island by filling the ocean with trash, concrete, and stone blocks, damaging the coral reefs that surround the island and safeguard it from weather and floods.
Regardless of whether they fill it up or not, the island's fate is sealed.
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