The areas in green are elevations between 0-15 feet, yellow 16-30 feet, red above 30 feet. Dorian's estimated storm surge was 18-23 feet, so almost the entire island was inundated by the sea. As a reporter on the island said, "The level of devastation is breathtaking..." Only 35 hurricanes in the Atlantic have attained Category 5 status since record keeping began--five of those have been in the last four years . Catastrophic storms used to be once a decade, but in the 'new normal' brought to you by the oil industry, they could be three to 15 times each year in low-lying Bangladesh, a country literally disappearing into the Bay of Bengal. While in the Mekong Delta, which has an average elevation of less than a meter, flooding could displace more than 12 million people. The Vietnamese government shielded the actual elevation information from researchers for years. Tuvalu archipelago in Oceania is sinking according to natives. Two of nine islands have already succumbed to rising ocean levels. Home to just 11,000 people, Tuvalu is the fourth smallest nation in the world, but it is nevertheless home to them. Scientists predict the island chain could become uninhabitable in 50-100 years; meanwhile residents helplessly watch the waves consume their world.