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  2. Climate change in the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    The Maldives government have adapted infrastructure in capital city Malé to the threats of climate change, including beginning to build a wall around the city. Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea ...

  3. Effects of climate change on small island countries - Wikipedia

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    The Maldives government have adapted infrastructure in capital city Malé to the threats of climate change, including beginning to build a wall around the city. Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea ...

  4. No one traveled to this island 50 years ago. Now it's one of ...

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    The face of the climate crisis. While frolicking in the water, some tourists may not realize the Maldives is grappling with a climate crisis. Sitting at an average 3.77 feet above sea level, the ...

  5. 1988 Maldives coup attempt - Wikipedia

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    The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Sri Lankans and Maldivians led by businessman Abdullah Luthufee and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organization from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives. The attempt ...

  6. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives

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    Malé, the capital island of the Maldives was severely hit by the tsunami. In the independent republic of Maldives , all islands except for 9 were hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. 82 people were killed and 24 reported missing and presumed dead after the archipelago was hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 ...

  7. Maldives's Muizzu, India's Modi promise to strengthen ... - AOL

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    "India is a key partner in the socio-economic and infrastructure development of the Maldives and has stood by the Maldives during our times of need," Muizzu said. ($1 = 83.9520 Indian rupees)

  8. Hanimaadhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll) - Wikipedia

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    On 16 April 2016, Hanimaadhoo recorded a temperature of 34.9 °C (94.8 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in the Maldives. [ 3 ] Climate data for Hanimaadhoo International Airport , (elevation 1.4 m (4.6 ft), 1991−2020 normals)

  9. Maldives - Wikipedia

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    The Maldives, [c] officially the Republic of Maldives, [d] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.