Homeless Maldivians forced to sleep in open boats

More than a week after it rose up and destroyed their homes, residents of the low-lying Maldives atoll of Kolhufushi are being forced to seek refuge on the sea.

Homeless Maldivians forced to sleep in open boats

More than a week after it rose up and destroyed their homes, residents of the low-lying Maldives atoll of Kolhufushi are being forced to seek refuge on the sea.

The Maldives government is struggling to deliver emergency aid to more than 1,000 islands spread out over 560 miles of the Indian Ocean.

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