Low-lying areas are particularly vulnerable to worsening climate change-fuelled threats – from floods to cyclones – and the homes of ordinary citizens are often wrecked by disasters. Photo: rami yoon/Pixabay
Just a few years after Khuku Moni bought a small plot of land in southern Bangladesh and built a tin-shed house, Cyclone Amphan badly damaged it in 2020 – leaving only one room intact.
The 35-year-old said her family had been unable to move to a shelter for victims of the cyclone – her son is mentally impaired, her mother-in-law too elderly and they own livestock – leaving them no choice but to reside together in the one room.However, three years on, Moni's family now live in a two-storey brick house – funded and built by Bangladeshi development agency BRAC – which was designed not only to withstand strong winds but also to provide shelter to neighbouring families during storms.
