Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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00:00 Introduction
03:11 A Land Built to Sink
05:25 Water, Everywhere. But None to Drink
07:25 The Sea Creeping In
09:06 The 2007 Floods
10:51 Concrete Solutions and Grand Delusions
13:23 The People Left Behind
15:14 A Capital Drowning in Slow Motion