Residents already abandoning a village threatened by rising sea levels -- in Wales

THIS Welsh town is being "abandoned" as rising sea levels could see it vanish in just 25 years.

Fairbourne is tipped to become the first in the UK to be relocated due to the threat of climate change, known as "decommissioning".

This could mean that the 850 people living there could be forced to leave their homes.

Shops would be shut down and the 400 homes would be demolished.

Fairbourne is just a few feet away from the sea of Barmouth Bay, which is getting closer as sea levels continue to rise.

A Shoreline Management Plan for the west of Wales “raises significant concerns over the future sustainability of the defence of Fairbourne”.

Gwynedd Council the town needs to be considered for decommission, confirming that relocating residents is a certainty.

400 HOMES COULD BE DEMOLISHED
Estimates predict that this could happen as early as 2042.

The council is planning to move locals before 2054, when they say “sea level rises and changing weather patterns will mean that it will not be possible to further bolster the village’s sea defences”.

After this there will be no more money spent on defending the town.

Natural Resources Wales has already spent more than £6million on a flood risk management scheme in the area in the last four years

There are currently no plans in place for homeowners to receive compensation if they have to move.

Scientists think that sea levels are now rising at the extreme end of what was predicted to happen gradually just a few years ago.

Ben Reilly wrote:

THIS Welsh town is being "abandoned" as rising sea levels could see it vanish in just 25 years.

Fairbourne is tipped to become the first in the UK to be relocated due to the threat of climate change, known as "decommissioning".

This could mean that the 850 people living there could be forced to leave their homes.

Shops would be shut down and the 400 homes would be demolished.

Fairbourne is just a few feet away from the sea of Barmouth Bay, which is getting closer as sea levels continue to rise.

A Shoreline Management Plan for the west of Wales “raises significant concerns over the future sustainability of the defence of Fairbourne”.

Gwynedd Council the town needs to be considered for decommission, confirming that relocating residents is a certainty.

400 HOMES COULD BE DEMOLISHED
Estimates predict that this could happen as early as 2042.

The council is planning to move locals before 2054, when they say “sea level rises and changing weather patterns will mean that it will not be possible to further bolster the village’s sea defences”.

After this there will be no more money spent on defending the town.

Natural Resources Wales has already spent more than £6million on a flood risk management scheme in the area in the last four years

There are currently no plans in place for homeowners to receive compensation if they have to move.

Scientists think that sea levels are now rising at the extreme end of what was predicted to happen gradually just a few years ago.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9160869/fairbourne-wales-abandoned-sea-levels-global-warming/

When the effects of climate change come to your front door, will people finally admit there's an urgent problem?

Ben Reilly said
When the effects of climate change come to your front door, will people finally admit there's an urgent problem?

Tommy Monk wrote:

Load of guff...!

Tommy Monk wrote:

Load of guff...!

Tommy Monk wrote:


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Victorismyhero wrote:neither does anyone mention that in some areas land is being built up by deposition OR the fact that along a north east to south west line the country is sinking in the south and rising in the north as a result of rebound from the release of the weight of 2 miles of ice in the last ice age. Sinking at a rate of up to 3mm per YEAR   of course the subsequent apparant rise of sea level id SOLEY due to climate change innit....

so explain why scotland is GAINING on sea levels??????

Andy wrote:Let's ship Tommy Spunk and Skunk Stenchbandit there for their retirement.
They can delight as the rising sea laps over their veranda.

Syl wrote:

Andy wrote:Let's ship Tommy Spunk and Skunk Stenchbandit there for their retirement.
They can delight as the rising sea laps over their veranda.

Am I the only one who has no idea who you mean most of the time when you and wolf give posters reidiculous nicnames?

Andy wrote:

Syl wrote:

Am I the only one who has no idea who you mean most of the time when you and wolf give posters reidiculous nicnames?

Yes. You are the only one.

Vintage wrote:Silly nicknames - its a bit schoolyard isn't or maybe its a left wing thing, an attempt at a kind of weird rhyming slang language or the reverse speak thing(but not).

Wikipedia wrote:United States President, businessman, and television personality Donald Trump became widely known during the 2016 United States presidential election and his subsequent presidency for using nicknames to criticize foreign leaders, media figures, and politicians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump

Andy wrote:

Syl wrote:

Am I the only one who has no idea who you mean most of the time when you and wolf give posters reidiculous nicnames?

Yes. You are the only one.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Andy wrote:
Yes. You are the only one.

"Jealousy is a curse  !"

Sly and vintage only wish that they could come out with nicknames even half as funny..

Vintage wrote:
He's 61? and he calls others old duffers?