A photographer captured how unprecedented floods ravaged a World Heritage site in Côte d’Ivoire

A photographer captured how unprecedented floods ravaged a World Heritage site in Côte d’Ivoire

From late September until the beginning of November, unprecedented floods swallowed the streets and homes of the Quartier France of Grand-Bassam, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Numerous historic sites were severely damaged. Coastal erosion is a growing problem for West African nations.