Many of these islands had been inhabited for thousands of years and were home to slightly over 100,000 people when the asteroid struck. Fully half of the nation’s population resided on Tarawa, where the Sedulity had visited earlier that fateful day. The remainder lived in traditional villages spread out on the other islands. Kiribati had been a leading voice in the political movement to prevent global warming. They feared a rise in sea level because more of their islands stood only a few meters above the current sea level. They wouldn’t even act as speed bumps for the effects of the asteroid strike. The islands closest to the point of impact were swept clean of life by the initial blast wave. Traditional buildings made of thatched walls and roofs were ripped to shreds, even as they ignited in flames. On the main island of Tarawa the devastation was severe, but some modern buildings survived the blast and it was far enough away that only scattered fires were sparked. Still, no typhoon had ever struck so hard, not to mention without warning. Even elderly natives who had lived through the invasions and bombardments of World War 2 had never experienced this type of onslaught.
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