Housing structures is FSM's remote atoll Kapingamarangi washed away during high tide and swell event in January 2024. Photo: Supplied/Scott Nguyen
The chief of Federated States of Micronesia's most remote island is calling on senators in the Congress to approve funds to build a major seawall.
Solomon Lawson says Kapingamarangi has been battered by climate related disasters for decades.
Last year homes were washed away and their taro patches damaged.
Mr Lawson told RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis his community is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis:
Pompeii State Govenor Stevenson Joseph is due to arrive in Kapingamarangi on Friday local time to discuss the issues.
