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This in-depth investigative report uncovers how severe coastal erosion is wiping out entire communities in Ghana’s Volta Region, including Fuvemeh and Dzakplagbe, destroying homes, heritage sites, and livelihoods. Featuring eyewitness accounts, scientific data, and expert analysis, the story exposes the human, cultural, and environmental cost of rising sea levels, failed sea defense systems, illegal sand mining, and climate change. It also highlights urgent solutions—from mangrove restoration to hybrid coastal protection—to save Ghana’s rapidly vanishing shoreline.