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Island erosion

August 25, 2016

At the end of 2015 a storm flood wiped out a large section of beach and flattened meter-high dunes on Germany's North Sea island of Sylt, sparking fears that its entire southern tip could disappear.

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The island seen from the sky
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/C. Rehder

The eroding future of a German island