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A cruel winter setting in …

Khulna, Bangladesh: People of Dacope, which was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila on May 25, are badly in need of warm clothes as winter is closing in and they are living in makeshift shelters or on high land such as roads.

Their houses, destroyed or damaged during the cyclone, are yet to be rebuilt or repaired and most of them have but fishing to earn their living.

The upazila administration soon after the Aila devastation said 25,067  Read more...

People continue to suffer 5 months inside Aila

Khulna, Bangladesh: Living became a nightmare for people of Dacope, an upazila in southwestern Khulna, after May 25 when the region was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila that ripped through the coastline into India.

And it has not yet changed for the better for them, even five months inside the devastation.

The people, who lost all they had to the cyclone, started living in makeshift shelters and on high land such as roads, living on the help dished out by government agencies and non-governmental organisations.

The upazila administration soon after the cyclone said 25,067 houses were destroyed and 8349 damaged.  Read more...