Nellaidhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)
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Nellaidhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll
administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives
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On Saturday 8 December 1821, an extremely strong cyclone hit Nellaidhoo and many other island of northern Maldives causing severe damage. More recently, in 2006 the government of the Maldives listed Nellaidhoo as one of the islands under significant threat from sea level rise due to global warming
. The government planned to relocate the population to larger islands with more facilities and better protection against rising sea levels. On 6 September 2006, the residents of the island protested outside the island office as their opinion was not consulted beforehand regarding the relocation.
Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Haa Dhaalu Atoll - officially referred as Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi is an administrative division of the Maldives...
administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
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On Saturday 8 December 1821, an extremely strong cyclone hit Nellaidhoo and many other island of northern Maldives causing severe damage. More recently, in 2006 the government of the Maldives listed Nellaidhoo as one of the islands under significant threat from sea level rise due to global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
. The government planned to relocate the population to larger islands with more facilities and better protection against rising sea levels. On 6 September 2006, the residents of the island protested outside the island office as their opinion was not consulted beforehand regarding the relocation.