What happened to Maldives during the tsunami of 2004?

The Maldives is a remarkable tourist spot for having enjoyable weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and the peace loving people.

2008 is a significant year for the Maldives because in that year the Maldives has been ranked as the best country brand for beach, rest and relaxation and also as the second best country brand for natural beauty.

Owing to global warming, the Maldives may be swept away by the rising water level in the Indian Ocean.

During the tsunami of 2004, many dry parts of the Maldives were flooded by waters shrinking the country.

Yes, I do support the idea of having a cabinet meeting underwater. The reason for holding such a strange meeting could be an urge to all nations to cut their carbon emissions.

In the underwater meeting the cabinet signed a document calling on all nations to cut their carbon emissions so that global warming can be controlled.

The Maldives is well known because of being the lowest country in the world.

The sea-level in the Maldives is rising for global warming.

During the tsunami of 2004, many of the Maldive's dry parts were flooded by waters.

The government of the Maldives has begun to purchase land from nearby countries as the islands go under water.

Many predictions have been made that the Maldives is going to be swept away by the rising water level in the Indian Ocean.

Like the Maldives, Bangladesh is a small seaside lower country filled with natural beauty. If the sea levels rise due to global warming, like many other lower countries of the world including the Maldives, Bangladesh will go under water specially its southern parts along the Bay of Bengal. Rising of the sea levels is a great threat to both of these countries.

That the islands with idyllic natural beauty are under threat from rising sea levels due to global warming is ominous about the Maldives.