Debris remain an integral part of the landscape of coastal district of Satkira, Bangladesh on May 23, 2020, three days after super cyclone Amphan made landfall.
A man docks his boat before venturing into the Sundarbans, Khulna in search of crab seeds. The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, sheltering coastal areas of Bangladesh and India from severities of cyclones like Amphan.
A fisherman’s hut in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, Bangladsh is flooded and damaged beyond repairability.
Debris remain an integral part of the landscape of coastal district of Satkira, Bangladesh on May 23, 2020, three days after super cyclone Amphan made landfall.
Amphan Aftermath
Amphan is the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, causing estimated US $13.2 billion in damage in West Bengal alone and leaving approximately 500,000 families homeless in Bangladesh. On 20 May, 2020, it slammed into the coastal districts of West Bengal, India and then it entered Bangladesh in the evening with wind speed of 150 km/h and drove its destruction among 26 districts across the country.