The embankments by the rivers of Rupsha and Shibsa are swarmed with temporary shelters housing the people affected by Cyclone Aila. Blue and orange plastic sheeting over their shabby make-shift huts can be seen from miles away while people sit idle waiting for the water to recede.

BHUBANESWAR: The average financial loss of the State per annum due to different disasters has been estimated at Rs 1,241.82 crore.

The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau yesterday said the displacement of plates which had resulted in the recent earthquakes in Indonesia had created a possibility of tsunamis.

Geological Survey and Mines Bureau Deputy Director Geology S. M. A. T. B. Mudunkotuwa told the Daily Mirror that the movement of displaced plates could trigger a tsunami.

Population density intensifies in every country around the world. Recent statistics shows (World total population Wikipedia) the total population in the world is around 6.78 billion people whereas in 100 years before the overall population was approximately 2.0 billion. 100 years ago most of the countries were dependent on agriculture.

Mango buds, honeysuckle and muster-flower are blooming earlier in the winter. Foggy days are longer than in the past and northern part of Bangladesh is no more cooler. Cyclone and flood are becoming common and frequent every year. These are indications of a warming climate.

The ongoing global climate change (CC) has already caused a grave concern to the country's agriculture, irrigation, navigation, ecology, bio-diversity, weather, environment and underground water levels, concerned experts said.

Typhoon Ketsana headed west toward Laos on Wednesday after battering central Vietnam with powerful winds and heavy rain, leaving behind blue and sunny skies but dangerously rising floodwaters. The official death toll in Vietnam was placed at 41, but officials said that number was expected to rise as more reports came in and as the floodwaters threatened further destruction.

BHUBANESWAR: The meteorological centre here Monday alerted fishermen in Orissa not to venture into the sea as it would be rough due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, officials said.

Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water.