Natural disaster

Natural disaster

File photo. Photo: Salahudddin Ahmed

Coastal people live in fear without a strong embankment

14 years on, since cyclone Sidr lashed the area, the wounds have not yet healed in coastal Patuakhali

The deadly cyclone Sidr (2007) devastated one-third of the Sundarbans – the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and a UNESCO world heritage site. The same devastation was repeated in 2009 by cyclone Aila.

14 years of Sidr

Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida’s destructive, deadly floods

Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida’s destructive, deadly floods