December 27, 2025 02:01 am (IST)
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Sundarbans: Life After Cyclone Yaas
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
Relief workers reaching Sundarbans after Cyclone Yaas. A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
A UNESCO World Heritage site Sundarbans is home to highly unique ecology – including the world's largest mangrove gene pool and the endangered royal Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans (spread across a 9630 sq km-area in India and covering 16,370 sq km in Bangladesh) face a drastic threat from global warming and attendant climatic change.Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
As another cyclone slammed the Sundarban islands in West Bengal, there was devastation all around. This time a lot of lives were saved owing to timely evacuations but what is lost is livelihood and homes. Some 134 embankments that protect the region were breached during Cyclone Yaas, destroying villages. IBNS photographer Avishek Mitra captures glimpses of life and rebuilding amid the devastation.
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