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Nearly One-Third of Bangladesh Under Water Amid Torrential Monsoon Rains 

HeadlineJul 31, 2020

In Bangladesh, scores of people are dead, nearly a million homes flooded and almost 5 million people displaced, after torrential monsoon rains left nearly a third of the country under water. New research published in Scientific Reports finds coastal flooding exacerbated by the climate crisis may damage assets worth up to $14.2 trillion by the end of the century.

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