INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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
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