if you're going to lose everything? >> i've never been to war, but i can imagine what a young man that's been in the war and dealing with post-traumatic stress. this is a form of post-traumatic stress. >> reporter: steps away from destroyed homes, caskets with the dead inside sit under the warm louisiana sun. the state-run cemetery task force has not returned them to their resting place after floodwaters forced them from their gravesites. >> it is heartbreaking. to see that no one is really trying to put them back. >> reporter: ironton is south of new orleans. much of the area is below sea level, and it has the distinction of being one of the fastest vanishing places on the planet due to climate change and sea level rise. a recent study found minorities are more likely to live on land endangered by rising sea levels and more likely to die from