A rural Nova Scotia community on the Bay of Fundy is preparing for the most significant upgrades in decades to the dikeland system that protects it from flooding.

The work has been approved for Advocate Harbour, N.S., which has been identified as being at risk due to rising sea levels caused by climate change.

People who live along the shore of the coastal community got to see plans for the project at a meeting in April.

"It's been a long time coming," said Linda Black, whose home is within a coup…