With nearly 75% of Bangladesh underwater, is the country facing a humanitarian crisis?Jul 21, 2021 | By: Olivia Giovetti* Nearly 75% of Bangladesh is below sea level so thousands in Bangladesh, recovery is a constant cycle, because the effects of climate change are a constant reality. Nearly 75% of Bangladesh is underwater. Or, to be more accurate and less clickbait-y, nearly 75% of the country sits below sea level. Nearly 80% of the land is classified as floodplain. Constant flooding leads to many families taking drastic measures for survival. The country was hit one year earlier by Cyclone Roanu.and drnking water facilities were contaminated in the flooding, and over 80% of the sanitation system was damaged by Cyclone Roanu. The saltwater poisons the rice paddies, and girls as young as 10 are married off by families who can no longer afford to provide for them . “Ground zero for climate change”......An example of climate injustice: The United States produces 33 times the amount of carbon emissions as Bangladesh. Yet countries that are already most vulnerable to climate change feel the effects of those greenhouse gasses much more acutely. Bangladesh is consistently referred to as “ground zero for climate change” or a “disaster laboratory,” with the next flood always just around the corner. One-third of the country’s calendar is designated as the monsoon season, which means that the country (just seven feet above sea level) is vulnerable to floods — especially as rains and other extreme weather patterns continue as a result of climate change.                                                                                                                                                                                                          The NRDC estimates that 50,000–200,000 Bangladeshis are displaced each year due to riverbank erosion alone, and a 2007 World Bank report estimates 300,000–400,000 citizens resettled as climate refugees in the capital city, Dhaka. They often end up living in the most vulnerable and poorest areas of the city, living as pavement dwellers and bathing in the contaminated water of the Buriganga River. The NRDC also quotes a climate expert prediction that, by 2050, the rising sea level will submerge an additional 17% of the country and uproot another 20 million people. This is in addition to the nearly 75% of the country already underwater, which in 2004 had already impacted 25.9 million people out of  its then population of 141.3 million. Dhaka is drowning.......While Dhaka is seen as an option for many who are displaced by climate events, it is also faced with flooding. 40% of the city was submerged in 2004, which created havoc in a city of 14 million.Such flooding has a ripple effect, affecting everything from public health, sanitation and sewage, food supplies, and the safety of marginalized populations (including women and children). 2004’s floods killed more than 285 people. Roads, train lines and embankments were washed away in 43 of the country’s 64 administrative districts, and that year’s floods were the most severe in 15 years,,,,,read on            https://concernusa.org/news/bangladesh-underwater-humanitarian-crisis/