The Philippines’ coastal communities are struggling with rising tides and are partly submerged in seawater. For years there has been a slow, relentless encroachment fueled by melting ice sheets in Antarctica, the sinking of land from decades of unchecked groundwater extraction and the swelling seas of a warming planet. But residents say the sharpest surge came with large-scale reclamation and other man-made coastal developments, which have altered currents and forced the tide farther inland.⁠ ⁠ Now, even the gentlest tide can unleash deep floods, drowning streets and homes in minutes, a daily reminder of how human activity can accelerate a disaster already set in motion by climate change. I August 8-12, 2025 I 📷️: ezra_acayan I #GettyImages⁠ #GettyImagesNews⁠ ⁠ 1. Wlliam Gregorio and his son Yamry pose for a portrait where their ancestral home used to stand, now submerged in seawater amid rising tides in Pugad Island, Hagonoy, Philippines.⁠ ⁠ 2. Pugad Island, partly submerged in seaw...