Paradise isn't too high

In fact at its highest point does not exceed more than seven feet while the average stays at five. So there is a good reason to worry about rising sea levels in a climate change scenario. Moreover recalling the aftermath of the tsunami of December 26 2004. Its three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants are distributed in 1196 islands grouped into 26 atolls. Less than two hundred are inhabited

Source: http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Maldives/Ari-Atoll/blog-808170.html

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