Mexican village blames climate change as sea swallows its homes

The remains of houses are pictured as rising sea levels are destroying homes built on the shoreline, forcing villagers to relocate, in El Bosque, Mexico November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

EL BOSQUE, Mexico (Reuters) - Celia Figarola and her husband stayed in their simple seafront home by the Gulf of Mexico as long as they could - until, finally, the encroaching tide caused their walls to crack.

Now what was Celia's home for three decades lies in ruins in the surf.