Kiribati King Tides Flooding Documentation

Beiataake Orea local teacher watches the waves from a man made causeway the highest point on the island and contemplates what may happen to the fragile atoll and its traditional way of life and home to 92,000 people if sea levels continue to rise, Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific Ocean. Several low lying islands experience flooding during the unusual high tides caused by the 'King Tides'. Greenpeace and scientists are concerned that low lying islands face permanent inundation from rising seas due to climate change.