Rising sea levels force Fiji's villagers to relocate; see pics

The morning's first rays of sunlight hit the island community of Serua Village, Fiji.

Village children pass the time in front of a home next to a flooding sea wall at high tide in Serua Village, Fiji.

Local students Jona Togaciri, Talikai Kavu, Semisi Dradra, Tavaga Dradra and Joanna Dradra gather at the edge of a flooded sea wall during high tide, while working on a boat motor in Serua Village, Fiji.

Local resident Rapuma Tuqio, 67, looks out at seawater flooding around his home at high tide in Veivatuloa Village, Fiji.

Local boy Ratusela Waqanaceva, 14, wades through seawater flooding over an ineffective sea wall at high tide, as the community experiences flooding in Serua Village, Fiji.

Villagers harvest edible seaweed, sea snails and other food sources during low tide next to Serua Village, Fiji.

A view of the inland relocated site of Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji.

Local boy Ratukali Madanawa, 8, pulls a fish from a net next to Serua Village, Fiji.

Local resident Rapuma Tuqio, 67, looks out at seawater flooding around his home at high tide in Veivatuloa Village, Fiji.

Local resident Selai Uluivuya fishes with a hand-line in an abandoned graveyard flooded by a high tide at Togoru Village, Fiji.