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Oct 24, 2007
Sea at temple's doorstep
PHOTO: AP
The wall of Wat Khun Samut Chin bears the scars of relentless beatings from the crashing sea. The Buddhist temple, located 20km from downtown Bangkok, sits on a shrinking piece of land on the Gulf of Thailand which is less than a tenth of its original size.

With the ground sinking and sea levels rising, Bangkok may be submerged in the next 15 to 20 years, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who chairs the Thai government's Committee of National Disaster Warning Administration, has warned.

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