But Saint-Louis rises only a few meters above sea level?

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Many residents had no choice but to move to an internally displaced persons camp as their homes were engulfed by the raging seas, erosion and the collapsing soil beneath them.

The maritime barrier is Senegal’s attempt to deal with the aggravating problems.

But experts point out that while it can protect against abnormal surges, it cannot stop rising waters.

– Terrors of a night –

Mareme Gueye, a resident of Guet Ndar, told AFP that all the suffering she has experienced since childhood “has been caused by the sea”.

Six of the seven rooms in his house are gone, washed away by the ocean.

In her only remaining room, she removed the door to make sure no job function email database one was stuck inside during the flooding.

Destructive flooding has escalated since 2010, according to the 43-year-old, who said she could no longer sleep at night for fear of the stormy waters.

Mareme Gueye, 43, says six of the seven rooms in her house are missing, washed away by the ocean
Mareme Gueye, 43, says six of the seven rooms in her house are missing, washed away by the ocean JOHN WESSELS AFP
In one heartbreaking case, floodwaters swept her parents out of her home and dragged them out to sea.

They miraculously survived.