Cameroon Declares Humanitarian Emergency as Atlantic Ocean Waters Destroy Homes

Cameroon officials have declared a humanitarian emergency after encroaching waters from the Atlantic Ocean destroyed several hundred homes, buildings and plantations along Cameroon 's coast. Waves pound walls and houses constructed on the shores of Bekumu, a southern Cameroon village located in Ndian, an administrative unit along parts of Cameroon 's 400-kilometer coast on the Atlantic Ocean .

The civilian is not identified in the video, but the Bekumu Village Development Committee, in a release, said it shared images of the civilian crying out for help to raise awareness of the fate that has befallen them. Bekumu villagers say encroaching seawater this week has destroyed homes, public buildings and plantations, and rendered several hundred people homeless. The Cameroon government says high waves swept through Bekumu destroying coastal villages, plantations, schools, churches and markets

Cameroon Atlantic Ocean Encroaching Waters Humanitarian Emergency Destroyed Homes Bekumu Village

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