Rising seas wash Japanese war dead from Pacific island graves

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10. I visited Micronesian islands (Truk Lagoon/Chuuk) in 2003

Not all the islands are flat, but fishing being a major source of food, many people had homes built right on the beaches. The much eroded volcanic hills on the islands are very steep, and severe storms result in landslides - another reason many people built on the beach in small, traditional villages. And we're talking extremely poor people and the houses were more like huts. There are only 2 very modest land-based "hotels". (I was there to scuba dive on the WW II wrecks and stayed on a live-aboard diveboat.) Incredibly beautiful part of the world but oppressively humid and hot.