Thread by @loyndsview

“'Every piece of real estate in #Bangladesh is populated, and this entire area is underwater,' said Sheldon Yett, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative to the country, referring to the northeast."

nytimes.com/2022/06/24/wor… #Sylhet #FinnegansWake

1/ "But this year, the #rains have been especially intense, a harsh reminder that #climatechange is bringing more extreme weather around the world."

2/ "In #China, where recent #flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the state-run news media reported this week that water levels had surged beyond flood levels in more than a hundred #rivers."

3/ "In #Bangladesh and northern #India, recent #flooding has washed away towns and train stations, killing dozens of people and displacing millions of others."

4/ "The northeast, an area that produces most of the #rice for a country of about 170 million people, has been especially hard hit."

5/ "Scientists have determined that #globalwarming made the record #rainfall that led to devastating #floods in Germany and Belgium last summer much more likely. In South Asia, recent research has strengthened the theory that #climatechange is disrupting the annual #monsoon."

6/ "In 2020, torrential #rains left at least a quarter of #Bangladesh submerged. Last year, extreme rainfall and landslides washed away a sprawling #Rohingya #refugeecamp overnight."

7/ "Ms. Begum, her mother and her three children, aged 4 to 10, fled to the schoolhouse in Pekerkhal after their home was washed away on June 17. Her husband has been in #SaudiArabia for the last six months, looking for a job in construction."

8/ “'My mother says I’m a beautiful woman,' she said. 'But in the last week I became ugly.'”