(CNN) -- The indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now, flooding blamed on climate change is forcing at least one Eskimo village to move to safer ground. Floodwaters rip through the village of Newtok, Alaska, destroying its infrastructure. The community of the tiny coastal village of Newtok voted to relocate its 340 residents to new homes 9 miles away, up the Ninglick River. The village, home to indigenous Yup'ik Eskimos, is the first of possibly scores of threatened Alaskan communities that could be abandoned.
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Floods blamed on climate change forcing Alaskan village to move 9 miles away
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Twenty-six other Alaskan villages are in immediate danger, officials say
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Move comes as indigenous people hold Anchorage summit on the crisis
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UN: Climate change will force displacement of 150 million people by 2050
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