2031: While landlocked and arid areas of the world are dying of drought, many of the world's cities lie partially submerged due to rising sea levels. With over 10 percent of the world's population living on coastlines, hundreds of millions are forced to migrate. Despite attempts to build flood defenses, main global arteries such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Sydney are affected. Those worst-hit countries are plunged into anarchy. There is widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. Vast uninhabitable wastelands blanket the equatorial regions, as desperate streams of
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