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==Relocation== [[File:Mertarvik construction - 2019 04.jpg|thumb|New homes being constructed as part of the Mertarvik village project.]] Land has been acquired for a new townsite called Mertarvik on nearby [[Nelson Island (Alaska)|Nelson Island]] about {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} away, and $1 million in government funding has been obtained to build a dock for delivering building supplies.<ref name=ADN-AP-3Million-2008>{{cite news|last1=D'Oro|first1=Rachel|title=State gives $3 million to fight Newtok erosion|url=http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/433580.html|work=[[Alaska Dispatch News]]|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|date=June 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001000923/http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/433580.html|archive-date=October 1, 2008}}</ref> As of 2016, although the town's roughly 400 residents voted in 2003 to relocate to higher ground nine miles away, progress has been slow.<ref name=SciAm-HowToSurviveWarmer-2016>{{cite news|last1=Peek|first1=Katie|title=How to Survive in a Warmer World [Interactive]|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-in-a-warmer-world-interactive/|work=[[Scientific American]]|date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> On December 24, 2016, the village made a disaster declaration request to the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] for disaster assistance due to "flooding, persistent erosion, and permafrost degradation starting on January 1, 2006 and continuing." The request would "include relocation of the Yupik Tribe (population of ~350 people)."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Federal Emergency Management Agency|title=FEMA Daily Operations Briefing January 3, 2017|url=https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2017/01/03/file_attachments/729159/FEMA%2BDaily%2BOps%2BBriefing%2B01-03-2017.pdf|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> During the summer of 2018, a 6,000 square-foot community center was built, as were 8 houses. Plans for 2019 include interior work in the community center so it can be used as a school, a generator building, and 13 more houses. Construction of roads, pipes, and a water treatment plant is planned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/living-with-climate-change/|title=Lives adrift in a rapidly warming world: A photographic portrait|date=December 5, 2019|website=[[Washington Post]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/living-with-climate-change/|archive-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> The goal is to complete relocation by 2023.<ref>Eurich, Johanna (Dec 27, 2018). βNewtok Is On the Move β. KYUK. http://www.kyuk.org/post/newtok-move</ref> In September 2022, [[Typhoon Merbok (2022)|Typhoon Merbok]] caused damage to fuel barrels and moved the ocean shoreline closer to the edge of the town.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schwing |first1=Emily |title=Newtok residents are desperate to relocate after September storm |url=https://alaskapublic.org/2022/10/04/newtok-residents-are-desperate-to-relocate-after-september-storm/ |work=Alaska Public Media |date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>
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