Metro Manila Sinking, Expert Says

All of the metropolitan area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is sinking, an expert warned on Thursday.

Residents affected by floodings, ride on a boat as they survey their houses in Camp Lagoon in Baguio, Trinidad province, north of Manila on August 15, 2012, as tropical Storm Kai-tak hit the northeast of the main island of Luzon before dawn. JJLandingin/AFP/Getty Images