Aug. 17 - Residents of a village in the Philippines are struggling to cope with life surrounded by flood water for nearly four years.
Scientists say a combination of climate change, subsiding land and ground water extraction is to blame for the continuous rains and chest-high floods that have blighted the lives of villagers in Artex compound.
Paul Chapman reports.
SOUNDBITES:
Perla Alfornon, Artex compound resident
Fernando Siringan, geologist, University of the Philippines
A tourist walks in front of Peak Bolivar at the Sierra Nevada in the Andean state of Merida July 30, 2008. Global warming is quickly melting glaciers in South America's Andes ...
