"Sinking Rates"

#13879910

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879911

25 Jun 2026

Debris of houses destroyed by seawater submersion in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879913

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879915

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879916

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879919

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879921

25 Jun 2026

A fisherman navigates his boat near a residential house partially submerged by seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879922

25 Jun 2026

A fisherman navigates his boat near a residential house partially submerged by seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879925

25 Jun 2026

A fisherman navigates his boat near a residential house partially submerged by seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879927

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879928

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879930

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879932

25 Jun 2026

A residential house is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#13879933

25 Jun 2026

A resident sits in front of their home, which is partially submerged by encroaching seawater in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, on June 25, 2026. Rapid land subsidence, combined with rising sea levels, affects the northern coast of Java. Sinking rates reach 10-15 cm annually in cities like Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, displacing dozens of communities as their homes become permanently uninhabitable due to chronic flooding.

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#10941249

26 Jan 2024

Residents are leaving the mosque after performing Friday prayers amidst high waves in Cemarajaya Village, Karawang Regency, West Java Province, on January 26, 2024. Village residents say that the rate of abrasion due to waves and rising sea levels in Cemarajaya Village is increasing, reaching an average of 5 meters each year. Since 1998, tidal waves and rising sea levels, accompanied by tidal floods, have been hitting the village, following the conversion of plantation land into fish and shrimp ponds. Now, the residents' plantations have disappeared, and their houses have sunk. The village, which was originally about 1 kilometer from the coastline, is now at the front line of being hit by the waves and is still experiencing abrasion, which threatens its existence.

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#10941264

26 Jan 2024

An aerial view shows Cemarajaya Village in Karawang Regency, West Java Province, on January 26, 2024. Village residents are reporting that the rate of abrasion due to waves and rising sea levels is increasing, with an average of 5 meters lost each year. Since 1998, the village has been experiencing tidal waves and rising sea levels, along with tidal floods, especially after plantation land was converted into fish and shrimp ponds. The plantations once owned by the residents have vanished, and their houses have sunk. Originally located about 1 kilometer from the coastline, the village is now directly facing the threat of waves and continues to suffer from abrasion, which is endangering its existence.

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