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Bangladesh’s catastrophic flooding: the climate crisis frontline

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Over the past month, the people of Bangladesh have suffered the worst flooding in living memory.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and 7.2 million have been impacted, according to the UN.Reporter Thaslima Begum tells Hannah Moore about the efforts to rescue people in the Sylhet region.

She’s been speaking to Amina Ahmed, who despite her fear of water has been involved in helping to save families.Begum has also been speaking to Bangladeshis who are angry that the climate crisis is intensifying the challenges they already face.“It’s extremely difficult to watch your country go underwater, to see your people drown.

We are still very angry,” Nawfat Ibshar told Begum.

Ibshar organised a protest in the water to draw attention to climate injustice and global inaction on the climate crisis.

One protester held up a sign saying: “Up to my neck in the climate crisis.” Photograph: Monirul Alam/EPA Support The GuardianThe Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. Support The Guardian .

This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com 




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