26 Sep 1988 – Threat to islands – Trove (nla.gov.au)
Today, 36 years later, the islands are doing fine. Now, the prediction is the islands will be uninhabitable in 2050: Facing dire sea level rise threat, Maldives turns to climate change solutions to survive – ABC News (go.com)
Or that it drowning by 2100: A new island of hope rising from the Indian Ocean (bbc.com)
The islands sit about one meter above sea level and suffer from human caused land use erosion problems.
I was unable to find how much the sea has risen since 1988. However, the 1988 prediction appears to have been wrong.
