After a breach in a levee was closed a piece of land in Shaharabad is dry again one and a half year after cyclone Alia hit. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A makeshift shelter at low tide in Galia Khali, at high tide the water almost enters. The inhabitants lost all of their land and therfore don't have any income. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A makeshift shelter at low tide in Galia Khali, at high tide the water almost enters. The inhabitants lost all of their land and therefore don't have any income. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A mother and her daughter at Bainpara, their former village. Some houses remain, most were swallowed by cyclone Alia. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Drowned land. A family walks over a makeshift levee at low tide at Bainpara. Some houses remain, most were swallowed by cyclone Alia. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels and all farmland was lost. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A family walks at low tide towards the levee through drowned land at Bainpara. At high tide they are cut off by the water. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels and all farmland was lost. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A makeshift shelter at low tide in Galia Khali, at high tide the water almost enters. The inhabitants lost all of their land and therfore don't have any income. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A woman stands in the water where once her house and land was at Kalibari. Since she lost her land she lost her source of income. Bangladesh, January 2011.
What once was land is now water in the village of Kalibari. After cyclone Aila the water never receded to its previous levels. Bangladesh, January 2011.
The village of Nalian. Tens of thousands of people live in makeshift huts since cyclone Aila on narrow makeshift levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A man stands next to once was his land in the village of Gunari. Tens of thousands of people live in makeshift huts ssince cyclone Aila on narrow makeshift levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A woman sits next to her 'house in the village of Gunari. Tens of thousands of people live in makeshift huts ssince cyclone Aila on narrow makeshift levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Workers at Shaharabad. Thousands of people work to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Thousands of people work at Galia Khali to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Thousands of people work at Galia Khali to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Thousands of people work at Katakhali to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Thousands of people work at Gunari to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Thousands of people work at Gunari to close the breaches in the levees caused by cyclone Aila and to heighten and enforce the levees. Bangladesh, January 2011.
A man walks over a makeshift levee to his house in the former village of Katakhali. Some houses remain, most were swallowed by cyclone Alia. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels and all farmland was lost. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Children stand next to the river at Duani Gate. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Drowned land, a makeshift latrine at Majatuto. Some houses remain, most were swallowed by cyclone Alia. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels and all farmland was lost. Bangladesh, January 2011.
Drowned land at low tide. Some houses remain, most were swallowed by cyclone Alia. After the water receded the water never returned to its old levels and all farmland was lost. Bangladesh, January 2011.
The cyclone hit the area with a surge of 10 meters and the water since then has hardly receded; due to this people lost their land and therefor their means of living. Bangladesh, January 2011.
After a breach in a levee was closed a piece of land at Shaharabad is dry again one and a half year after cyclone Alia hit. Bangladesh, January 2011.
