A special report on "Aila", the cyclone that struck on May 25. Now, with 400 km-long embankment breached, people of Sunderbans live with threat of a high tide causing further damage. It calls for a long-term policy on behalf of the islanders for saving the Sunderbans.

See Also

Report: Boiling point - containing the 'spill over' of climate change
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/273264

Feature: Extreme weather events over India in the last 100 years
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/268819

Feature: Disaster mitigation and management for West Bengal, India
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/244004

Feature: Rising sea levels and tidal erosion eating up Sunderbans
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/43388

Report: The humanitarian costs of climate change
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/270863

Report: Sea-level rise and storm surges
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/275342