Maldives to battle rising seas by building fortress islands

Rising sea levels threaten to swamp the Maldives and the Indian Ocean archipelago is already out of drinking water, but the new president says he has scrapped plans to relocate citizens.Gayoom's fear of his country running out of drinking water has already come true, as rising salt levels seep into land, corrupting potable water.

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