Pays Basque, Southwestern coast, France. Photo source: ©© Jean-Claude Mouton
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18 images and aerial views show beaches and sand dunes erosion along the Atlantic Ocean coast in southwestern France.
Threaten By Rising Sea, A 5 story Building Is Evacuated, Le Figaro (01-25-2014)
The owners of a five story building built on a coastal dune in the french southwestern town of Soulac-sur-Mer, have been ordered to evacuate. Built 40 years ago, 200 meters away from the shoreline, the building now stands only 20 meters away from the ocean. Originally built on a coastal dune, now eroded away by the rising sea, the 78-apartments building is presently feared to collapse. The owners received a mandatory and permanent evacuation order. This condominium “Le Signal,” was considered as a flagship for the triumphant-concrete coastal real-estate development era of the 60’s…
“Seawalls Kill Beaches,” Open Letters by Warner Chabot And Rob Young, (10-03-2014)
