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Ruined Alabama House

Photo: House remains, Dauphin Island, Alabama

Paradise Lost: The remains of an oceanfront house now stand in the ocean off Dauphin Island, Alabama. More frequent and ferocious storms have made low-lying barrier islands ever more vulnerable. "There are places I wouldn't pitch a pup tent," Abby Sallenger of the USGS says.

Photograph by David Burnett

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