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The country’s coastal communities have long lived with flooding but as climate change accelerates rising sea levels and reclamation projects reshape Manila Bay, residents now see their homes under water more often

• Photographs by Ezra Acayan for Getty Images

Main image: Dead mangroves are seen partly submerged in seawater amid rising tides in Hagonoy, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images