Thread by @JamwalNidhi

People along the west coast of India are slowly picking up pieces of their lives scattered & shattered by #CycloneTaukte.
Exactly a year ago, on May 20, #CycloneAmphan had hit the Sundarbans. People are still displaced.

@GaonConnectionE's ground report
en.gaonconnection.com/cyclone-amphan…

Sabita Rani’s last memory of her home was the clock on the wall which told her it was 6 pm. It was on the evening of May 20, 2020, that her home in Hajatkhali village was swept away in the fury of #CycloneAmphan. A year on, she is still displaced.

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Khulna, Satkhira & Bagerhat dists on the southwest coast of Bangladesh were the hardest hit by #Cyclone Amphan. About 500,000 people were affected. There are lingering signs of devastation. Villages lie in ruins. Many continue to live on embankments.

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“We lived on the embankment for about 10 months after the #Cyclone Amphan. Now I am trying to renovate the house,” 32yo Sanjit Sarkar. He has a loan of 50,000 taka and is worried about repaying it without an income.

@ri_montu's ground report

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Before #Cyclone Amphan hit, Mizanur Rahman owned five bighas of land in Katmarchar village, Khulna, where he cultivated shrimp. Since then, the 40-year-old has accumulated a debt of 100,000 taka in order to survive.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

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Kartik Chandra Mandal built his house with all his savings and that of his father. But, that new house stands no more. It was swept away exactly a year ago by #cyclone Amphan on May 20. He now lives on an embankment with his family.

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“We have prepared for many cyclones before, evacuated many people to safety, but #Cyclone Amphan was a completely different experience. We need to rethink the disaster management systems we have."

Read this ground report from Khulna in #Bangladesh
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