In 2014, the first flood caught the sleeping residents of the Javanese village off guard. Since then, rising sea tides have kept engulfing the village. The water is still rising — up to 15 centimeters ...

Some villagers have raised the floors of their homes with soil and cement, creating “dwarf houses” that people must stoop or crawl to enter. Those who can’t afford to elevate their floors store their ...

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Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But ...