Disappearing island | RushHourNews.com https://www.rushhournews.com Breaking Latest World News, International News Headlines Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:37:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.rushhournews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-R-1-32x32.png Disappearing island | RushHourNews.com https://www.rushhournews.com 32 32 Disappearing island near Washington DC https://www.rushhournews.com/957/disappearing-island-near-washington-dc/ https://www.rushhournews.com/957/disappearing-island-near-washington-dc/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:37:31 +0000 https://www.rushhournews.com/?p=957 Tangier Island lies in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay which is 92 miles (148km) southeast of Washington, Electricity. This small chunk of ground is barely above sea level which is 500 people are fighting due to its survival. First settled in 1686, the region sometimes had over 1,200 people and through the War of […]

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