
While countries wrangle over who should pay for the climate crisis, a community on Lagos Island is being swallowed by the sea
CNN
Standing on the sand next to a building hollowed out by the churning sea, Sheriff Elegushi points far out into the Atlantic Ocean to where his ancestral home once stood.
"Over there was where we had our tarred road before," Elegushi said. "We also had our electricity poles there and a health center ... You can see the remaining particles," he adds, pointing to the debris.
Elegushi -- a leader in the Okun Alfa community on Nigeria's Lagos Island -- spoke to CNN some 1,500 meters from where Alpha Beach, a popular tourist destination, used to be. The people here no longer even call this stretch of sand Alpha Beach. They consider it long gone.
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