Water levels have risen in the Sundarbans due to the influence of a low-pressure system. Compared to normal tides, a tidal ...

In the Sundarbans region of West Bengal ... leading to significant flooding. The relentless downpour has inundated large areas, damaging homes and infrastructure, and disrupting daily life.

Azad Kabir, the acting officer at the Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Center in the Eastern Sundarbans, reported that the rising ...

who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Each time, he moves farther from the receding edge of the island to avoid ...

A total of 80 freshwater ponds have been damaged in the flood." He added that by May 31, a total of 111 dead deer and four pigs had been found in various parts of the forest, including the Katka and ...

The tides in the Sundarbans are so dramatic that about a ... and a matter-of-fact attitude about life here. "Last time the flood came, I was asleep," he says. "My parents woke me up and we ran ...

The Sundarbans — a collection of densely populated islands ... Fifteen-year-old student, Rojina Khatun, was forced to drop out of school in order to work after floods damaged her family’s home. She’s ...

A severe tidal surge triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has flooded vast low-lying areas in Bagerhat, causing hardship for thousands of residents and threatening both wildlife and ...

With a driving vision of building tomorrow, a collection of excavators are helping to protect the Sundarbans, a historic region between India and Bangladesh, from the threat of flooding.

Mousuni and the rest of the Sundarbans are experiencing the worst effects of climate change: increasingly violent storms and coastal erosion that prompt devastating flooding. Ocean water has ...

In 1998 an especially monstrous flood inundated about 70 percent of the country. One thing the region’s coastal communities felt they could always bank on, though, is the Sundarbans, the world ...

Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Each time he moves further from the shrinking edge to avoid ...