The creeping bay waters put people and property at risk, while the threat is amplified by high-tides and flooding brought by the roughly 20 storms that pound the archipelago every year.Some areas have raised roads in an effort to keep up with the sinking, creating odd scenes where the street surface is at the height of door knobs on roadside buildings.

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How do you ask someone to re-live the worst day of his life? Deemed the new 'Cold War', the US and China are in a race for technological dominance, amid Donald Trump’s trade war. The provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan – where Pariahan is located – have sunk between four and six centimetres (1.5-2.4 inches) annually since 2003, according to satellite monitoring.“It’s really a disaster that is already happening… It’s a slow-onset disaster,” explained Narod Eco, who is part of a group of scientists tracking the problem.By comparison, the UN estimates average sea level rise globally is about three millimetres per year. Can the practice be stopped? As Asia races ahead to be the new industrial and economic powerhouse, will economic considerations become a major obstacle in their effort to ... Through the ages, scientists have successfully contained the spread of many diseases with vaccines and anti-viral drugs. THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF UNRESERVED. Will the defeat of the Indian Congress Party in the recent general election mark the beginning of the end of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty? CNA producer Nicholas Deroose talks about the ... These days just the flooded chapel, a cluster of shacks on bamboo stilts where San Jose lives with her family, and a few homes on a bump of land remain.The children that live there commute 20 minutes by boat to a school inland and most of the residents eke out a living by fishing. This season, we drop in on four households, in four different Asian cities, in circumstances that are poles apart, yet very much the same - all ... “It was so beautiful here before… Children were playing in the streets,” San Jose said, adding, “Now we always need to use a boat.”Most of the former residents have scattered to other parts of the region. Published 6:50 AM, March 20, 2013 . Sinking cities. Manila is sinking fast, with simulations showing that Manila City could sink by 2 metres in just 40 years, by 2060.

Cities in the archipelagic Southeast Asian country are facing a “slow-motion disaster”. Based on satellite imageries, physical evidence, and other studies, many parts of the Philippines, including Metro Manila, are sinking due to sea level rise as a result of climate change. It began with everyday acts of discrimination." By clicking subscribe, I agree to receive news updates and promotional material from Mediacorp and Mediacorp's partners. With America no longer seen as a reliable ally, the Japanese government feels more convinced it should move away from its over reliance on the U.S. Without proper consultation and inclusive actions, the solutions to land subsidence may sink too . Will Malaysia's new 2030 vision which replaces the old 2020 vision benefit the country and help it achieve an inclusive multi-racial Malaysia?

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