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The Gathering Storm
ISSUE: Summer 2008, feature stories | May 28, 2008
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Storm warning: At the government weather station in the port town of Mongla, murals give local residents instructions on how to protect their homes and families in the event of a cyclone.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Dolu Goldher digs out mud blocks to repair cyclone-damaged homes in the village of Khuriakhali.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Red dawn: The sun rises over the Mora Bhola River to reveal the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans, flooded by high tide. The forest is home to the Bengal tiger, the estuarine crocodile, and dozens of other rare species.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Cyclone Sidr devastated this woman’s village in the Ganges Delta last November. Like a growing number of Bangladeshi women, she wears the burka of conservative Islam.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
These seasonal shrimp fry fishermen on the Passur River will sell their catch to commercial shrimp farms.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Taking the veil: To meet the growing demand for burkas among conservative Muslim women, dozens of specialty shops like this one line Patuatoli Road in the old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Shaky foundations: The early morning bamboo market in the Rampura Bash district of Dhaka supplies scaffolding materials to the local construction industry. Fatal building collapses are a frequent occurrence.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
The unlivable city: For a few takas, small boats at the Saderghat shipping terminal ferry passengers across the Buriganga River.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Shoppers in the Ghulistan section brave a typical Dhaka traffic jam.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
It takes a village: Despite the poverty of Khuriakhali, homes in the Hindu section are brightly painted and immaculately clean. Here, two women look out across the yard they use for hulling rice.
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
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