A watery onslaught from sea, sky and land in the world’s fastest-sinking city

Mongabay
Apr 27, 2020, 4:07 am225 pts
JAKARTA — The Waladuna mosque is submerged in a meter of seawater, about 3 feet deep. It’s low tide in northern Jakarta. During high tide, the water creeps up to the moss- and seaweed-covered roof of the abandoned mosque, a building that has become a symbol of Jakarta’s direst problem. Children play on…

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