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Solar power brings fresh water to Bangladesh’s thirsty coastal region
01 Aug 2025 08:54 GMT
… undermining drinking water supplies: “After Cyclone Aila damaged all the freshwater sources …
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Lost song of the Sundarbans’ fisherfolk
01 Aug 2025 02:29 GMT
… on a large scale after Cyclone Aila, in 2009, devastated the region …
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15 years of Cyclone Aila: It lashed once but changed lives forever
25 May 2024 00:28 GMT
On this day in 2009, cyclone Aila lashed the coastal belt of … embankments and khas lands after cyclone Aila left them homeless.
The story … that all affected victims of cyclone Aila in the district were rehabilitated …
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Embankments in Sundarbans delta: Wall of hope or risk?
16 Jul 2025 15:32 GMT
… delta observed 16 years since Cyclone Aila. During my fieldwork, I encountered …
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Cyclone Amphan considered even more destructive than Cyclone Aila: UN
22 May 2020 05:55 GMT
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Run-up to World Environment Day: How communities in coastal Bengal are turning the tide on climate change
04 Jun 2025 21:18 GMT
… Soumyadeep Bhuniya may not remember Cyclone Aila in 2009, but he knows …
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Barguna’s Taltali Upazila:100 families finally have access to safe water
18 May 2025 14:14 GMT
… have risen significantly since the Cyclone Aila in 2009, destroying natural sources …
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How Mangroves Save Lives, Livelihoods of Bangladesh Coastal Communities
16 May 2025 13:02 GMT
… house was washed away by Cyclone Aila. At first, we sheltered on … livelihoods and homes due to Cyclone Aila. Not only Aila—Golenur has … Cyclone Sidr in 2007 and Cyclone Aila in 2009. Now she does …
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From Flooded Shores to Uncertain Futures
05 May 2025 12:35 GMT
… of Bangladesh, recalls the day Cyclone Aila struck with chilling clarity. Her … outskirts of Khulna, Bangladesh, by Cyclone Aila, on May 27, 2009. Mohir … a new house. But when Cyclone Aila destroyed their home, the abject …
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The woman braving tigers, crocodiles and pirates in Bangladesh’s mangroves
04 May 2025 08:03 GMT
… of the worst storms, including Cyclone Aila in 2009, which killed more …