Republican climate activists visited a disappearing island to convince Americans the threat of sea-level rise is real - these photos show how grave the situation has become

Across the United States, communities are seeing the effects of climate change: more severe flooding, rising water levels, and hotter temperatures.

There is one place where climate change is perhaps most imminent. Twelve miles from either coast of the Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island, Virginia is in danger of disappearing due to sea-level rise.

In June, a delegation of Republican climate activists visited the island to try to convince its residents to take climate change seriously.

Reuters documented the visit and found that residents are not quick to change their minds. The photos below show how serious the problem has become there.

Christian Storm contributed to an earlier version of this story.