Organizations seek solutions for Tangier Island, one of the country’s communities most at risk from sea level rise. Here's what's in works now.

Tangier aka the “soft-shell crab capital of the world” located off the Eastern Shore in Accomack County, Va. was delightful.The five-mile-long island between Virginia and Maryland is home to ...

Since 1850, Tangier Island has lost two-thirds of its landmass and surrounding neighbors. "I've seen islands disappear, ... "Staring at the map of Tangier for hours and hours on end." ...

And when you look at a map you can just as easily miss the tiny island that the tower sits on, 12 miles from either coast in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Largely unknown, Tangier Island, ...

TANGIER, Va. — Tangier Island, Virginia … population 460 (and shrinking). It’s a quirky, isolated place located smack dab in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Residents drive golf carts and ...

TANGIER The people of this sinking, shriveling outpost in the Chesapeake Bay are believers. Above all, they believe in God. A giant cross painted on the island’s water tower proclaims their f… ...

TANGIER, Va. — Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge ushered his visitors onto a boat for a tour of the disappearing shoreline of his island, turned to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and said: “Thinking of ...

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — Federal, state and local officials met together on Tangier Island last Thursday to discuss possible solutions for the shrinking fishing village.

Few of us could find Tangier Island on a map. A tiny sliver of mud and marsh grass in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, it is one of the most isolated communities in America. But many of us, if we ...