Shitanath Sarkar and his large family lead a precarious existence in the Sundarbans delta. "Inch by inch, my single hectare of land gradually disappeared in front of my eyes. I fear one day our whole ...

GOSABA, India (Reuters) – For Deepak Jena, a labourer on a remote island in the Sundarbans delta in India, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was proving to be difficult. Then a government boat arrived with ...

Climate change has forced tens of thousands out. "I know I have a beautiful home," one islander says, "but ultimately it will go into the womb of... The Vanishing Islands Of India's Sundarbans People ...

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched atop a tree, Nur Islam watched the waters rise, breach the mud embankments and smash down the wall of his home in the Sundarbans when Cyclone Yaas ...

This May 22, 2020 photo shows the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan in Deulbari village, in South 24 Parganas district in the Sundarbans, West Bengal state, India. The cyclone that struck India and ...

GOSABA, India, July 13 (Reuters) - For Deepak Jena, a labourer on a remote island in the Sundarbans delta in India, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was proving to be difficult. Then a government boat ...

People in India know the Sundarbans as a beautiful and dangerous patchwork of mangrove islands covering nearly 4,000 square miles extending into Bangladesh. It is also home to a variety of rare and ...