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This US state has a radical plan to save its coastline

Communities are seen surrounded by water and wetlands in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Climate change may force more than 500,000 people to leave New Orleans within the 21st Century. Image: REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

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