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United Nation story. But first, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterresch says that rising ocean temperatures present urgent risks for people living in the Pacific Islands.

Gu terrace made the comment while at the Pacific Islands Forum taking place in Tanga.

The country is a collection of about 170 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

The UN Chief said studies suggest

the southwestern Pacific faces more extreme sea level rise than other parts of the world.

The problem, he added, is linked to sea temperatures in the area that in some cases are three times higher than worldwide levels.

Warming temperatures cause water to expand,

and this can cause sea level rise.

I am in Tonga to issue a global SOS save our seas on rising sea levels

Guterish said The UN leader said that rising seas were

amplifying the number and severity of storms and coastal flooding across the area.

He said such flooding can destroy fisheries, damage crops, and poison water.

All this puts Pacific Island nations in grave danger,

he said.

A report recently released by the UN's World Meteorological Organization

showed ocean temperatures in the southwestern Pacific are increasing at up to three times the worldwide

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