Fred de Sam Lazaro:
With three major rivers and hundreds of tributaries, most swollen by rising seas and melting Himalayan glaciers, no part of this low-lying country, coastal or inland, is spared.
I’m standing on an embankment along the Padma River. It feels nice and solid, but until about four days ago, it stretched out further for another quarter-mile or so. All of a sudden, it simply sank into the river, taking with it several homes and a few shops. And the people here say it all happened in about 15 minutes.
