Tangier Island, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, rises only a few feet above the surrounding waves. An hour by boat from the mainland, about 500 people live on Tangier. Since the 1600s ...

Tangier's woes are linked to the 17 million other people who live in the 200-mile-long bay's watershed, which encompasses parts of six states and the cities of Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. - One day after Hurricane Sandy lashed this speck of land in the Chesapeake Bay last fall, islander Carol Moore hopped in her skiff and headed to a stretch of beach along The ...

With Chesapeake Bay waters rising, Tangier Island’s future is sinking August 10, 2018 The sun sets on Tangier, Va., where religion and the waterman’s way of life are strong traditions.

TANGIER — Outside, the wind whipped the Bay into a frenzy as a driving rain fell sideways on the tiny island of Tangier, located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. The weather, however, did ...

Life on Tangier Island has always been defined by water. Now it is menacing its very existence. Battered by Chesapeake Bay's relentless waves, scientists say the land’s shrinking is accelerating ...

Laird, 44, was born on Tangier, and, after a stint on a farm in Appalachia, he moved back. “I don’t care who the president is—I don’t even know who the governor or senator of Virginia is ...

Carolyn Kormann reports from Tangier, Virginia, an island in the Chesapeake Bay, which may soon disappear due to a combination of storm-driven erosion and sea-level rise.

TANGIER ISLAND – From the air, this fishing outpost in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for centuries resembled a giant fishing hook, a curved barb completing the picture on the northern tail of ...

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.