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A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'

A year after Amphan roared through South Asia, an estimated half-million people in southern Bangladesh are still struggling to recover KOYRA, Bangladesh, May 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When ...
Reuters

FEATURE-Climate-resilient homes in Bangladesh aim to put communities first

SATKHIRA, Bangladesh, June 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - J ust a few years after Khuku Moni bought a small plot of land in southern Bangladesh and built a tin-shed house, Cyclone Amphan badly ...
Mongabay

Sri Lanka looks to build disaster-resilient housing after devastating cyclone

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...
The Conversation

Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse too – new research

Laurence Hawker receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Dann Mitchell receives funding from NERC. Natalie Lord received funding from NERC. Super cyclones, known as ...
Reuters

A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'

KOYRA, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cyclone Amphan ripped through southern Bangladesh a year ago this month, Paritosh Chandra Mandal’s home and land were drowned as embankments ...