King tides are not new in Tuvalu, but February's reached areas that had not been flooded before, forcing some Tuvaluans to question how much time they had left in their home country.
Angela Telupe watched her backyard flood as a king tide tightened its grip on the main island of Tuvalu.
The February king tide, and another that followed in March, raised questions for some Tuvaluans about how long they could continue to live in their home country.Ms Telupe said her family would consider moving to Australia under the Falepili Union if many more king tides arrived with such force. "The tides themselves are caused by movements of the Moon relative to the Earth, and that isn't particularly influenced by climate change," Dr Howden said.
"But for those of them for their own reasons that decide to move, I think it's the government's responsibility to create those pathways for them to be able to migrate with dignity, rather than being compelled and forced to leave.
"But it's well short of these scenarios which would occur if we keep on doing what we're doing, which is essentially record levels of greenhouse gas emissions year on year."In the meantime, the Tuvalu government plans to build sea walls to minimise the impact of future king tides and it is working to reclaim land in response to rising seas.
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