As Sri Lanka reels from its most devastating floods since 2003, Bangladesh has sounded its highest storm danger warning. Following heavy rains that triggered flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka, Cyclone Mora is set to make landfall on the Bangladesh coast.
Up to three million people are in the path of the cyclone, and a tenth of that number have been evacuated. For many Bangladeshis, it’s nothing abnormal. Almost every year, the mangrove-nation is impacted by severe tropical storms. Sri Lanka too suffered flooding the previous year, a problem alleviated by the deforestation of hilly slopes by cash crop cultivation.
With climate change expected to increase the occurrence of natural disasters, how have the two countries prepared themselves for tackling them?
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