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It s over for us : how extreme weather is emptying Bangladesh s villages

Abdus Sattar Ghazi and his wife Zahera Khatun watch the water levels by their house. Photograph: Rafiqul Islam Montu The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months, resisted being claimed by the river, as the rest of the village already has been. But slowly, as the waters have failed to seep away, he has come to accept that the family house has become uninhabitable. Like other villages nearby, Chakla in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district has not re-emerged from the flooding caused by Super-cyclone Amphan, which battered the south of the country in late May, Hossain, 56, has begun preparing to leave, abandoning his livelihood as a farmer, to rent a small place in Khulna, the closest big city.

Extreme weather chases off Bangladesh s villagers

Extreme weather chases off Bangladesh’s villagers The Guardian, SATKHIRA, Bangladesh The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the past six months, resisted being claimed by a river as the rest of the village has already been but slowly, as the waters have failed to seep away, he has come to accept that the family house is uninhabitable. Like other villages nearby, Chakla in Bangladesh’s Satkhira District, has not re-emerged from the flooding caused by Super Cyclone Amphan, which battered the south of the country in late May. Hossain, 56, has begun preparing to leave, abandoning his livelihood as a farmer, to rent a small place in Khulna, the closest big city.

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