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Bangladesh: Sea Change: The Bay of Bengals Vanishing Islands

2013-01-29 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Schoolteacher Nurul Hashem lives in a grass hut set among coconut palms and pine trees, yards from a pristine beach on the sparkling Bay of Bengal. It sounds idyllic, but he longs to return to the island of Kutubdia, 50 miles away, where his family home has been swallowed by ever-rising tides and is now out at sea under several feet of water. To make matters worse, the local government, which welcomed him when he arrived three years ago, wants him and thousands of other families who have fled...

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