'One day we'll disappear': Tuvalu's sinking islands | Eleanor Ainge Roy

Rising seas are on the verge of swallowing two of the tiny archipelago's nine islands, and the encroaching waves haunt locals' dreams On the hottest days, Leitu Frank feels like she can't breathe any more. The housewife and mother of five decamps from her airless concrete home to catch the breeze in a simple wooden shack by the water's edge. She folds washing and stares out at the unsettled turquoise sea, its moods and rhythms increasingly unpredictable, as its rising proximity threatens to strangle her family."The sea is eating all the sand," says Frank, 32, dressed in a pink stretchy T-shirt and faded sarong. Continue reading...