The earliest storm like it in a hundred years highlights concerns about climate change,

especially on vulnerable island nations.

Barrel is currently headed toward Texas after devastating the Grenadines and Jamaica.

As storms like these have grown stronger and more common, they raise new threats for island

nations, not just to infrastructure, but also to artifacts and documents that help define cultures.

Ali Rogan is back with this report on two island nations in the Atlantic and Pacific,

taking steps to preserve their threatened histories for future generations.

In 2012, Tuvalho,

In 2022, Tuvalu's Foreign Affairs Minister

addressed the COP27 Climate Conference from the sandy beaches of his

tiny island nation. At least that's what it looks like at first. But then the camera zooms out

for an eerie revelation.

Our digital nation will provide an online presence that can replace our physical presence

and allow us to continue to function as a state.

He was not on the island itself, but rather a copy that only exists in the

virtual world. A preview of what he said might soon be the only remaining

version of his country. We are here talking about the worst case scenario when Tuvalu is no longer exist.

Dr. Tupou-Fale-Fou is the ambassador and permanent representative of Tuvalu to the United

Nations.

He says that worst case scenario is an increasing reality

for his country and its culture.

So Wallo, within this century,

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