Their houses are being swept into the sea. Why many Senegalese won’t leave.

Every time there’s a storm surge, a little bit more of Lambane Faye’s house breaks off into the ocean. Sometimes it’s a chunk of brick and other times, layers of paint. In August, 2-meter-high waves (over 6½ feet) crashed into his two-room house in this coastal suburb of Dakar, tearing a jagged, horizontal line through…

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