CARTI SUGTUPU (Panama) — On a tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape the rising waters threatening to engulf their already precarious homes.
Surrounded by idyllic clear waters, the densely populated island of Carti Sugtupu off Panama's north coast has barely an inch to spare with houses crammed together — some jutting out into the sea on stilts.
It is not an easy life, with intense heat and a lack of public services adding to the discomfort of overcrowded conditions on an island the size of five football fields.A boat with the flags of Panama and Guna Yala is seen on the island of Carti Sugtupu, in the indigenous Guna Yala Comarca, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea, on Aug 29, 2023.
Few have reliable electricity. Most residents receive a few hours of power per day from a public generator. A few have solar panels feeding their homes built of zinc and wood, with floors of dirt. "Floods and storms have made life even harder... affecting housing, water, health and education. Such extreme weather is only expected to become more common as the climate crisis accelerates," it said.A Guna Indigenous woman walks under the rain on the island of Carti Sugtupu, in the indigenous Guna Yala Comarca, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea, on Aug 28, 2023.
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