The Vanishing Island of Kutubdia

The world is changing.

The sea is rising.

And islands are disappearing.

Kutubdia is an island off the coast of Bangladesh that has been halfed by rising water levels.

It is among the many vanishing islands in the region that are seeing record level sea rises and territory erosion.

Forty thousand people and six villages have been swamped on Kutubdia since 1991.

Government expects that number to rise to eighty thousand in the near future.

The island like many in the region will be no more in thirty years at the current rate of erosion.