Chapter 15. The Universal Flood

The flooding of coastal areas was a slow-motion catastrophe; the small island states of the Pacific were disappearing

            The flooding of large coastal areas was a slow-motion catastrophe. Since the 2010s, certain low-lying areas near the world's seas were flooded with increasing frequency.

            One after another, the small island states of the Pacific were disappearing, and the Ocean was forcing the relocation of their population.

            By the year 2030, parts of some of the world's major cities were flooded and abandoned, including the former U.S. capital, Washington D.C.; other North American cities, such as New York, Miami, and New Orleans; and metropolis the world over, including Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou in China.

            With the incessant rise of temperature, thawing of the ice sheets at the poles, and rising sea levels, these floods were becoming more serious and permanent. By 2050, the sea level had already risen more than two meters (six feet) on average worldwide, and tens of millions of people had been displaced, with the resulting economic and human cost.