The busy streets of Singapore fell silent today as the nation paused to remember the two-year anniversary of the devastating superstorm, Hurricane Erin. The loss of life was catastrophic, marking one of the worst natural disasters in the island nation's history.

The "perfect storm" brought with it a storm tide, a storm surge coinciding with high tide that arrived on the coast 16 feet higher than mean sea level, overcoming coastal defenses and driving inland as an inexorable wall of water more than 6 feet high.

The increasing number of superstorms in recent years has been tied to the worsening climate change epidemic. It follows a trend that has also seen rising sea levels and the continued melting of the polar ice caps.

Scenes of flooding in the aftermath of the superstorm on the outskirts of Singapore.