'Slow disaster:' Indonesians in sinking village forced to adapt

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 24, 2023 12:25 pm

TIMBULSLOKO, Indonesia: Indonesian teacher Sulkan leafs through pictures at his small, sea-surrounded mosque, remembering a marching band and smiling children who graduated from his kindergarten, standing on a road now submerged by murky, green water.

That is just one of many landmarks in the Javan coastal village of Timbulsloko swallowed by rising tides, which have forced residents to adapt to a new life on the water.

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